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JOURNAL 

O    F      T    H    E 

LIFE,  TRAVELS,  and  GOSPEL  LABOURS, 

O    F      A 
FAITHFUL     MINISTER 

O    F 

J   E    S   a   S     CHRIST, 

DANIEL    ^STANTON, 

Late   of    Phi  L  AD  E  L  P  HI  A,  in    the   Province  of 
Pennsylvania. 

'With the  Teilimony  of  the  Monthly-Meeting  of 
Friends  in  that  City  concerning  him. 


My    Covenant  was  -with   him  of  Life  and  Peace^  and  I  gave  them 

to  him  J  for  the  Fear  'where-ivith  he  feared  me,  and  was  afraid 

before  my  Name.  Mal.  ii.  5. 

lie  being  dead,  yet  fpeakeih.  Heb.  xi.  4. 


PHILADELPHIA: 

Pnnted  and  fold  by  J  o  s  e  p  h   C  r  u  k  s  h  a  n  k,   in    Third- 
ftreet,  oppofite  the  Work-Houie. 

M  DCC  LXXIL 


THE 

TESTIMONY 

O  F    T  H  E 

Monthly  Meeting  of  Fuiends 

in  PHILADELPHIA;, 

CONCERNING     OUR  DEARLY    BELOVED    FRIEND, 

DANIEL  STANTON. 


WHEN  John  the  Divine  was  in 
exile  in  the  ifle  of  Patmos,  "  He 
he?ivc\  n  voice  from  Heaven,  fay- 
ing, Write, — BlefTed  are  the  dead,  who  die 
in  the  Lord,  from  henceforth, yea  faith  the 
Ipirit,  that  they  may  reft  from  their  la- 
bom^s,  and  their  works  do  follow  them  j" 
— which  we  believe  now  is  the  portion  of 
our  worthy  friend,  concerning  whofe 
faithful  fervices  v/e  are  engaged  from  the 
united  motives  of  love  and  duty,  to  give 
this  teftimony;  deliring,  that  all  who  read 
it,  and  more  efpecially  the  Youth,  may 
be  excited,  by  his  example,  to  feek  an 
A  early 


[  iv  ] 
early  acquaintance  with  the  Lord,  and  to 
take  up  their  daily  crofs  in  the  prime  of 
their  days. — Thus,  they  alfo,  may  become 
Ihining  lights  and  inflruments  of  good  to 
others. 

H  E  was  born  in  this  city,  in  the  year 
1708,  and  his  father  dying  before  his 
birth,  and  his  mother  a  few  years  after, 
he  fuffered  great  trials  and  hardlhips 
when  very  young: — Being  early  con- 
cerned to  feek  the  knowledge  of  God,  he 
had  a  fervent  defire  to  attend  religious 
meetings,  though  fubjected  to  many  dif- 
ficulties and  difcouragements,  before  that 
privilege  was  allowed  him  ;  yet,  being 
earnell  in  his  defires  to  obtain  divine  fa- 
vour, he  was  emln.pnHy  fupported  under 
great  confiicls  and  probations,  and,  con- 
tinuing faithful  to  the  degrees  of  light  and 
grace  communicated,  a  difpenfation  of 
the  gofpel  miniflry  was  committed  to 
him,  fometime  before  the  term  of  his  ap- 
prenticefhip  was  expired ;  and  abiding 
under  the  fanctifying  power  of  truth,  he 
grew  in  his  gift,  and  became  a  zealous 
faithful  minifler. 

H£ 


C      V      J 

He  was  very  exemplary  in  his  induf- 
try  and  diligence,  in  labouring  faithful- 
ly at  his  trade,   to  provide  for  his  owa 
fupport,  and  after  he  married,  and  had 
children,  for  their  maintenance;  and  was 
often  concerned  to  advife  others  to  the 
fame  neceffary   care;   yet   he   continued 
fervent   in   fpirit   for  the  promotion  of 
truth  and  right eoufnefs,  fo  that  he  was 
foon    engaged  to  leave   home,    and   the 
neareft  connections  of  nature,  to  publilh 
the  glad  tidings  of  the  gofpel, — and  fre- 
quently vifited  moft  of  the  meetings  of 
Friends  in  this  and  the  adjacent  provinces, 
and  feveral  times  as  far  as  the  eafcern 
parts  of  New-England.     Having  thus  ho- 
neftly   difchargcd    his    duty    am.orig    us 
above  twenty  years,  and  feeling  his  mind 
conilrained  in  the  love  of  the  gofpel,   to 
vifit  the  few  Friends  who  remained  in 
feme  of  the  Weft-India  iflands,  and  from 
thence  the  meetins-s  of  Friends  in  jreneral 
through   Great- Britain  and   Ireland,  he 
communicated  his  concern  to  a  few  of  his 
moil:  intimate  friends^    who  having  unity 
therewith,  he  was  encouraged  to  lay  it 
before  our  monthly  meeting. — Before  he 
entered  on  this  weighty  fcrvice^  he  palled  ' 

through 


through  a  near  trial  and  afHicllon  in  the 
death  of  his  beloved  wife  ;  under  which 
cxercife  he  was  gracioufly  fupported  by 
the  arm  of  divine  ftrength,  v/hich  had 
often  been  revealed  for  his  help,  in  times 
of  inward  conliicls  and  outward  diflrefles. 

His  concern  to  travel  in  thefervice  of 
truth  continuing,  and  the  meeting  having 
full  unity  with  him  therein,  he  embarked 
in  the  fifth  month,  1748,  accompanied  by 
our  dear  friend,  Samuel  Nottingham,  in 
a  veiTel  bound  for  Barbadoes,  and  having 
viiited  the  few  meetings  in  that  ifland, 
they  went  by  way  of  Antigua  to  Tor  tola, 
where  they  continued  fome  time,  having 
ibme  difficulty  to  get  a  pafTage  to  Eu- 
rope ;  and  their  voyage  thither  was  at- 
tended with  fome  fmgular  hazards  and 
dangers,  which  occafioned  their  landing 
in  Ireland;  v/here  our  friend  Daniel  con- 
tinued feme  months,  vifiting  the  meet- 
ings of  Friends  in  that  kingdcmi ; — and 
after  he  apprehended  himfelf  clear,  went 
over  to  England,  and  viiited  the  m.eet- 
ings  generally  in  that  nation,  and  in 
Wales  and  Scotland,  where  his  meek 
circumfpccl:   ccnduct   and   ccnverfation, 

and 


[     vii     ] 

and  lively  edifying  miniftry,  rendred  his 
viiit  very  acceptable,  and  his  memory 
precious. 

In  his  return  home,  and  for  fome  time 
after,  he  was  in  a  low  afflicled  flate  of 
mind;  being  apprehenfive,  that  through 
diffidence,  and  the  want  of  perfect  refig- 
nation  to  the  divine  will,  he  had  omitted 
fully  performing  the  fervice  required  of 
him,  by  not  vificing  the  few  Friends  in 
Holland:  yet  he  was  mercifully  preferved, 
and  after  a  time  of  deep  exercife,  raifed 
again  to  fing  of  the  mercies  and  loving 
kindnefs  of  God  on  the  banks  of  deliver- 
ance. 

H  E  feveral  times,  with  other  Friends 
appointed  to  that  fervice,  vifited  the  fami- 
lies of  Friends  in  this  city,  and  between  the 
years  1757  and  i7'<5o,  being  accompanied 
by  our  friend  John  Pemberton,  he  vifited 
the  families  of  Filends  generally  within 
the  limits  of  our  meeting;  which  weighty 
exercifing  fervice,  he  was  enabled  to  per- 
form to  our  edification  and  fatisfaCiion. 
After  which,  he  was  frequently  engaged 

to 


to  excite  Friends  to  this  lufeful  and  edify- 
ing pra6lice. 

In  the  twelfth  month,  1760,  he  fet  out 
on  a  vifit  to  the  meetings  in  the  weftern 
parts  of  this  province,  and  from  thence 
in  Maryland,  Virginia,  and  North  and 
South-Carolina,  and  returned  in  the  fixth 
month  following ;  fince  which  he  fre- 
quently vifited  many  of  the  meetings 
near  home,  and  fome  as  far  as  Long-ifland, 
and  other  parts  of  the  province  of  New- 
York.  Within  the  lafl  two  years,  he 
vifited  the  families  of  Friends  of  fome  of 
the  meetings  in  Weft  Jerfey,  in  the  city 
of  New-York,  and  part  of  Long-Iflandj 
and  after  his  return  from  this  fervice, 
with  great  peace  and  fatisfaclion,  he  ex- 
preffcd  his  apprehenfion  that  he  was  now 
clear  of  all  places,  and  that  his  ftay  here 
was  near  over  j — having  an  evidence,  that 
he  had  been  faithfully  concerned  from 
his  youth  to  fear  and  ferve  God. 

His  chief  labour  and  reliQ:ious  exer- 
cifes  were  in  this  city,  w^here  he  was  a  di- 
ligent attendcr  of  all  our  meetings,  and 

often 


[    ix    ] 

bften  on  committees  appointed  on  the 
fervices  of  the  church  ;  in  which  he  was 
fblid  and  weighty  in  fpirit,  waiting  for 
the  fpringing  up  of  life,  being  fteadily 
conceraed  both  in  and  out  of  meetings, 
to  live  near  the  divine  fountain  :  Thus  he 
was  very  frequently  qualified,  and  en- 
abled to  ftir  up  the  pure  mind,  and  to  re- 
count the  gracious  dealings  of  God  to 
Mankind,  and  as  a  faithful  embafTador  to 
warn  the  negligent  to  flee  from  the  wrath 
to  come,  and  to  excite  the  people  to 
bring  forth  fruits  anfwerable  to  the  great 
mercies  gracioufly  beflowed  on  us  ;  and 
was  fometimes  conflrained  to  declare  in  a 
prophetic  manner,  a  day  of  trial,  in  divers 
inflances,  very  Ihortly  before  fuch  a  fea- 
jfon  came  to  pafs. 

He  was  of  late  deeply  exercifed  in 
confideration  of  the  evils  of  the  horfe 
races,  flage  plays,  drunkennefs,  and  o- 
ther  grofs  enormities  encouraged  and  in- 
creafing  in  this  city ;  clofely  exhorting 
our  youth  agalnfl  thofe  pernicious  and 
deflru6tive  devices  of  the  enemy  of  man- 
kind ;  and  under  the  awful  fenfe  that  God 
B  will 


C  -^  ] 

will  judge  and  puniili  the  wicked  and  evi\ 
doers,  he  was  often  fervent  in  public  fup«» 
plications,  that  the  Lord  would  lengthen 
out  the  day  of  his  merciful  vifitation,  and 
yet  try  the  people  longer ;  which  feafons  • 
were  folemn  and  humbhngly  affe6ling  ; 
manife fling,  that  although  he  was  very 
clofe  and  fharp  in  reproof  againfl  evil,  yec 
moft  tenderly  concerned,  that  the  tranf- 
grefibrs  of  the  righteous  law  of  God 
might  be  prevailed  with  to  repent,  re«- 
turn,  and  live. 

His  love  for  the  rifing  generation  was 
very  great  j.which  he  manifefled  by  his  af- 
fectionate notice  of  them,  and  efpecially 
of  thofe  who  were  religioufly  inclined, 
and  his  houfe  was  open  to  receive  fuch, 
his  converfation  with  them  being  feafoned 
with  grace,  and  his  counfel  inftrudive  and 
helpful  to  thofe  who  had  feeking  defires 
after  the  knowledge  of  truth,  often  lov- 
ingly inviting  them  to  come,  taile,  and 
fee,  that  the  Lord  is  good ;  greatly  d,q- 
iirihg,  that  all  who  profefs  the  truth, 
might  walk  agreeable  to  its  dictates  and 
be  led  tliereby,  as  our  worthy  predccef- 


I    ^i     ] 

fors  were,  into  that  meeknefs,  humility, 
and  godly  fimplicity  and  plainnefs,  which 
rendered  them  confpicuous    and  iliining 
examples,  and  that  none  might  reil  fhcyrt 
of  the  enjoyment  of  the  life  of  religion, 
his  zeal  being  great  againll  fuch,   who 
have  the  form  of  godlinefs,  and  by  their 
aclions  manifcO:  they  have  not  the  pow- 
er thereof ; — and  he  often  fervently  ad- 
vised and  cautioned  thofe  who  are  eager- 
ly purfuing  the  world,  and  by  the  fur- 
feiting  cares,  and  grafping  after  earthly 
treafures,  fruflrate  the  good  purpofe  of 
the  vilitation  of  divine  grace  to    them, 
and  clofely  reminded  thofe,  whp  in  their 
fmall  beginnings   were  low   and  humble, 
that  now  they  were  abundantly  favoured, 
they  fliould   not  fet  their  afFeclions  on 
things  below,    but  remember  the   rock 
from  whence  they  were  hewn  ; — and  his 
concern  was  great  that  thofe  who  had  the 
glad  tidings   of   the   gofpel  to    publiili, 
might  be  true  examples  to  the  flock,  and 
adorn  the  doclrine   they  had  tp   deliver 
by  a  circumfpecl  Yiiq  and  converfation, 
and  where  any  by  not  Readily  keeping  to 
that  which  would  have  preferved  them, 
B  2  had 


[  X"  ] 

had  involved  themfelves  in  dlfficultiea, 
either  by  letting  their  minds  out  to  the 
gains  and  profits  of  this  world,  or  other- 
wife,  his  travail  was  great  for  fuch  that 
they  might  be  brought  through,  and  eve- 
ry cloud  and  mifl  removed. 

He  Xvas  much  employed  in  viiiting 
tlie  iick  and  affiicled,  to  whom  he  admi- 
niftred  his  fpiritual  advice  and  experience, 
and  often  engaged  in  humble  prayer  for 
their  fupport ;  and  in  the  diflributing  to 
the  neceffitous  according  to  his  circum- 
fiances,  he  manifelled  his  benevolent  dif- 
polition* 

As  he  had  been  many  years  under 
great  exercife  and  fuffering  of  fpirit  on 
accountof  theflaveryof  thepoor  Africajis, 
and  frequently  bore  teftimony  againft  that 
unrighteous  gain  of  oppreilion,  he  was  of 
late  fomewhat  relieved,  as  he  found  the 
eyes  of  the  people  become  more  open  to 
fee  the  iniquity  of  the  practice ;  and  he 
died  in  faith,  that  the  light  of  the  gofpel 
will  fo  generally  prevail,  that  the  profef- 
fors  of  chriftianity  will  find  it  their  duty 

to 


to  reftorc  to  thefe  people  tkeir  natural 
right  to  liberty,  and  to  inftruct  them  in 
the  principles  of  thechriftian  religion. 

On  the  fifth  day  of  the  fifth  month, 
he  was  violently  feized  with  the  bilious 
cholic,  and  continued  in  great  pain  feve- 
ral  days  ;  but  afterwards  being  fomewhat 
eafier,  he  was  at  our  morning  and  cvenr 
ing  Meetings  on  Firftday,  the  thirteenth 
of  the  month,  in  which  he  was  much  fa- 
voured in  his  public  miniftry,  and  expreiT- 
ed  that  he  thought  his  time  would  not 
be  long  with  us.  After  this  day's  labouf, 
he  was  again  confined,  yet  being  a  little 
recovered  he! as  at  our  meetiAg  on  Fifth- 
day,  the  twenty-fourth  of  the  month; 
which  being  fmall,  he  exprefled  his  for- 
row  for  it,  and  encouraged  Friends  to 
diligence  in  the  attendance  of  week  day 
meetings,  the  benefit  of  a  faithful  dif- 
charge  of  duty  therein  being  great ; — 
the  next  day  he  was  at  our  monthly 
meeting,  and  to  his  own  and  our  admi- 
ration was  enabled  to  flay  through  both 
our  fittings,  though  the  laft  of  tkem  was  . 
longer  than  ufual,  and  he  afterwards  ex- 
prefled 


prefled  that  he  thought  himfclf  better  in 
the  meeting  than  when  out ; — it  was  a  fca- 
fon  of  divine  favour,    and   fome  weigh- 
ty matters  being  before  the  meeting,    he 
with  great  opennefs   fpokc    pertinently 
and  clearly  to  them,  encouraging  Friends 
to   the  fupporting  and  maintaining  our 
chriilian  f  eftimony,  againft  all  that  is  con- 
trary to  it :  This  was  the  laft  public  meet- 
ing he  was  at,    being  the  next  morning 
early  feized  with  a  renewed  attack  of  the 
fame  diforder,   which  increafed  on  him 
feveral  days,  and  was  fo  fixed,  that  all 
the  endeavours  of  feveral  ikilful  phylici- 
ans   and  tender  nurfes,   v/ere  not  effec- 
tual to  remove  it,  tho'  in  fome  meafure 
to  mitigate   the  pain,  that    he   fuffered 
much,  not  being  able  to  lie  down  in  his 
bed  feveral  weeks,  yet  thro'  all  he  was 
mercifully  fupported,  in  much   refignati- 
on,  and  patience,  rather  inclining,  if  it 
•was  the  Lord's  will,  to  be  releafed. 

For  two  or  three  weeks  before  his 
ficknefs,  he  appeared  very  defirous  of 
fettling  every  thing  he  had  to  do  refpecl- 
ing  the  affairs  of  this  life,  and  defired  a 

Friend 


Friend  to  review  and  tranfcribe  the  fliort 
memoirs  he  hath  left  of  his  travels  and 
religious  fervices,  and  to  write  his  will, 
which  he  executed  the  day  before  he  was 
firft  taken  lick,  and  then  appeared  eafy  ia 
his  mind. 

D  u  R I K  G  the  time  of  his  licknefs  he 
often  expreffed  his  concern  le^ft  his 
Friends  ihould  be  too  anxious  for  his  re- 
covery, faying,  if  he  ihould  live  longer, 
and  thro'  any  human  frailty  or  infirmity 
occaiion  any  reproach,  it  would  be  a 
caufeofforrow  to  them. 

By  the  defire  of  his  Friends  who  attend* 
cd  him,  l\e  rode  out  feveral  times,  tho' 
not  without  much  difliculty,  and  fpent 
the  two  lafl  days  of  his  life  at  the  houfes 
of  two  of  his  intimate  Friends.  As  he 
drew  near  his  end,  the  flrength  of  his 
love  to  mankind  in  general,  and  his 
Friends  in  particular,  evidently  increafed, 
much  deiiring  the  profperity  of  truth,  and 
when  a  meeting  time  came  had  an  ear- 
ned defire  to  b|  with  Friends,  and  parti- 
cularly  the  day  before  his  departure. 

DuRiNa 


L   ^^^   1 

During  his  ficknefs,  he  frequently 
exprefTed  himfelf  in  a  very  feafonable,  in- 
flru^live,  and  afFeding  manaer  ;  and  the 
evening  of  the  Firftday  before  he  dyedj 
feveral  Friends  coming  in  to  fee  him,  he 
fpoke  a  confiderable  time  to  them,  having 
before  been  deftrous  of  fuch  an  opportuni- 
ty of  the  company  of  his  Friends,  to  fit 
down  and  wait  upon  God,  w^hich  was 
his  great  deUght. 

The  laft  day  of  his  life  he  fpent  at 
the  houfe  of  his  Friend  Ifrael  Pemberton, 
at  Germantown,  and  was  unufually  free 
and  chearful,  even  till  ten  o'clock  at  night, 
when  he  undrefTed  himfelf,  and  went  in- 
to bed,  remarking  on  lying  down,  that: 
he  had  not  before  been  able  to  do  fo,  for 
five  weeks  or  upwards,  and  he  foon  after 
fell  ajleep,  but  in  a  fhort  time  was  awak- 
ened by  the  return  of  pain  and  difficulty 
of  breathing,  which  thro'  his  illnefs  he 
had  been  much  afHicled  with,  fo  that  he 
was  oblig'd  to  fet  up  in  bed,  and  thus 
continued,  at  intervals  freely  converfing 
with  our  faid  Friend,  who  fat  up  with 
him,  and  he  exprefTed  his  great  thankful- 

nefs 


t     xvii    ] 

iiers  that  his  head  was  prefervcd  free  from 
pain  and  his  underftanding  clear,  and  that 
though  it  had  been  a  time  of  clofe  trial 
and  deep  probation,  he  could  fay  he  felt 
the  evidence  of  divine  fupport  ftill  to  at- 
tend him. — After  which,  his  pains  increaf- 
ing  he  got  up  and  drelTed  himfelf,  and 
walking  about  the  room  fometime,fat  down 
in  an  eafy  chair,  in  which  he  fell  into  a 
fweet  deep,  and  in  about  three  hours  de- 
parted without  figh  or  groan. 

Thus  died  this  righteous  man,  who 
having  fought  the  good  light  and  kept  the 
faith,  finiihed  his  courfe  in  full  unity  with 
us,  and  univerfally  beloved  by  his  fellow 
citizens,  on  the  twenty  eighth  day  of  the 
fixth  month,  1770,  in  the  62d  year  of  his 
age  and  43d, of  his  miniftry.  His  body 
was  the  next  day  attended  by  a  large  num- 
ber of  people  of  divers  religious  denomi- 
nations to  our  meeting  houfe,  and  after- 
wards interred  in  Friends  burial  ground 
in  this  city. 

Signed  07i  hehalf,  and  hy  appointt?ient  of  our  Month- 
ly Meeting,  held  in  Philadelphia,  by  adjournment, 
the  2d  of  the  eighth  mo7ith    1770. 

JAMES     PEMBERTON,  Clerk. 
C 


Daniel    Stx^nton's 

ACCOUNT 

Of     HIS 

LIFE,   TRAVELS    and    LABOURS 

IN     THE 

Service  of  the    GOSPEL. 


His  Birth  andTarentage  ; — Apprentice/hip^ 
—JirJ}  coining  forth  in  the  Mini/lry ; — 
and  jirfl  Journey  to  Rhode-illand  ; — his 
marriage  and.  fecond  Journey,  to  New-Kng^ 
land,  ^c. 

IN  a  grateful  fenfe  of  the  many  helps 
and  great  goodnefs  of  the  Almigh- 
ty to  my  foul,  whereby  he  has  been 
pleafed  from  my  young  years  to  incline 
my  heart  to  fear  and  ferve  him  ;  it  is  on 
my  mind  to  leave  fome  account  of  my 
life,  travels,  and  experience ;  wifhing  it 
may  be  a  means  to  ftir  up  the  pure  mind 
in  any,  to  obey  the  will  of  the  Lord^  and 
to  ferve  him,  while  they  have  time   and 

opportunity 


[      2      ] 

opportunity*  to  perform  the  fame  ;  for  he 
is  worthy  to  be  had  in  everlafting  remem- 
brance, and  is  a  good  rewarder  of  all  the 
lincere  in  heart ;  although  they  may  have 
tribulations  on  the  earth,  they  have  alfo 
the  company  of  Chrift  our  dear  redeemer, 
who  promifed  to  be  with  his  difciples  to 
the  end  of  the  world. 

The  place  B  Y  the  account  I  have  had,  I  was  born 
hLblrth.*^  in  the  year  1708,  in  Philadelphia,  in  the 
province  of  Pennfylvania,  of  honefl  pa- 
rents, Daniel  and  Abigail  Stanton,  and 
it  was  my  hard  lot  foon  to  be  deprived  of 
them  both  ;  my  father  I  never  faw,  he  be- 
ing loll  at  Sea  fometime  before  I  was  born  ; 
and  my  mother  died  when  I  was  a  child,  fo 
that  I  have  but  little  remembrance  of  her. 

After  her  death,  I  met  with  great 
hardfhips,  both  of  body  and  mind,  being 
deftitute  of  parents,  and  of  brother  or  fif- 
ter,  that  I  was  in  a  lonely  ftate,  and  went 
to  live  at  feveral  places  a  fhort  time,  the 
lafl  of  which  (before  I  was  put  apprentice) 
was  in  New-Jerfey,  with  my  mother's 
brother  j   during  which   time,    I    went 

through 


[    3    ] 

through  great  difficulties,   too  tedious  to 
mention. 

I  LIVED  there  feveral  years,  and  had 
no  opportunity  to  go  to  any  place  of  reli- 
gious worfliip  ;  but  the  lord  was  pleafed 
by  his  grace  and  good  vifitation,  to  ope- 
rate on  my  mind,  that  I  was  made  to 
dread  and  fear  the  great  almighty  Being, 
and  it  was  given  me  to  know,  that  "  God 
*^  is  afpirlt,  and  they  who  worjhip  him^mujl 
"  worJhip  hhn  in  fpirit  and  triith^^  ;  and 
through  the  blefled  knowledge  of  God  by 
his  holy  fpirit,  I  had  great  reproof  in  my 
own  bread  for  fin  and  tranfgreffion,  and 
dreaded  to  fpeak  bad  words,  or  to  do 
what  was  evil,  and  was  brought  by  inward 
convidion  to  mourn,  and  feek  for  mercy 
for  my  loul ;  and  at  a  time  when  I  heard 
of  the  fuffering  of  my  dear  Saviour  on  the 
crofs,  and  how  he  fufFered  unto  death,  my 
heart  was  broken  before  the  Lord,  and  I 
went  alone  and  wept,  being  much  affect- 
ed with  a  fenfe  of  his  fuffering  by  that 
hard  'hearted  people,  the  Jews^  and  of  his 
being  crucified : — Great  was  the  goodnefs 
of  the  Almighty  to  me,  in  giving  me  a 

fenfe 


C    4    ] 

fenfe  of  many  things  appertaining  to  God*- 
linefs,  in  the  time  of  this  tender  vifitation ; 
and  I  found  by  the  divine  witnefs  in  my- 
felf,  that  if  I  would  be  a  difciple  of  Chrifl, 
I  mufl  take  up  my  crofs  daily,  to  that 
v/h-ich  difpleafeth  God ;  he  being  greatly 
to  be  feared  and  obeyed,  and  was  worthy 
of  the  deepeft  reverence  that  my  foul,  bo- 
dy and  ftrength  could  afcribe  to  his  all 
powerful  name. 

Although  it  was  hard  to  the  natu- 
ral part  to  become  flain  to  the  recreations 
and  pleafures  of  this  life ;  fervent  were 
my  cries  and  feeking  after  the  ways  of 
the  lord,  and  I  thought  much  of  eternity 
in  another  world. 

His  firft  at-  I  H  A  D  heard  of  many  forms  of  worfliip, 
^ellngs"^  but  had  no  opportunity  to  be-  with  the 
foriciiai-    people  for  that  ferviee  to  God,  which  wa^ 

o\is.  war-        Jr       r 

^^P'  a  great  trouble  to  my  mind  ;  but  at  one 

time  1  afked  leave  to  go  and  fee  a  relation-, 
with  an  intention  for  him  to  fliew  me  the 
way  to  the  meeting  of  Friends,  which  was 
held  at  New-town  in  Olocefter  county  ;  he 
was  loath  ta  take  the  pains  to-  aecompany 

me, 


[    5    J 

mc,  nt)t  knowing  tlie  fdid  d«fire  of  my 
tnmd  ;  but  through  penfiaafion,  I  prevail- 
ed with  kim  to  go  wit3a  me  to  the  meet- 
ing, where  I  was  more  defirous  to  get 
fome  good,  than  tobefeenof  men.  We 
fet  in  a  part  of  the  meeting  together, 
where  we  were  not  much  noticed  by  any 
that  I  know  of,  and  in  this  bleffed  oppor- 
tunity, through  the  power  of  truth,  and 
the  good  teftimony  of  that  dear  fervant  of 
Chrift,  Jfobn  EJlaugh^  being  attended  with 
the  authority  of  the  word  of  Hfe,  my 
heart  was  greatly  contrited  and  my  fpirit 
baptized  in  the  prefence  of  God,  it  was  a 
joyful  day  of  good  tidings  to  my  poor 
feekingfoul,  and  the  eminent  and  power- 
ful advice,  that  did  attend  that  worthy 
inftrument  in  the  Lord*s  hand  for  my  fal- 
vation,  has  been  like  "  bread  caft  upon 
"  the  waters  that  has  been  found  after 
''  many  days.*' 

I  w  E  N  T  from  that  meeting  much  fatis- 
fied  with  the  way  of  worihip  of  Friends, 
and  continued  earneft  in  fpirit,  that  I 
might  have  further  knowledge  of  the  blef- 
fed truth  5  my  inward  exercifes  were  a 

great 


1^1 

great  deal  of  forrow  and  mourning,  that 
I  might  come  forward  in  the  work  of  re-* 
ligion,  and  do  that  which  was  right  in  the 
fight  of  God. 

Living  with  my  uncle  till  near  the 
age  of  fixteen  years,  I  became  uneafy,  be- 
ing deiirous  to  learn  a  trade,  not  knowing 
what  I  might  have  to  depend  on  for  a  live- 
lihood, more  than  the  labour  of  my  hands^ 
altho'  my  mother  left  confiderable  at  het 
death,  under  the  care  of  thofe  who  fhe 
expeded  would  do  juftly  by  me ;  but  it 
proved  otherwife,  they  depriving  me  of 
the  whole,  to  a  fmall  matter,  lefs  than 
twenty  pounds :  I  went  on  trial  to  a  fliip 
carpenter  in  Philadelphia,  in  condefcen- 
tion  to  my  uncle,  it  being  a  trade  he  ra- 
ther chofe  for  me,  than  I  did  for  myfelf, 
and  was  there  fometime,  tho'  I  foon  was 
diffatisfied  both  with  the  trade,  and  on 
account  of  the  wicked  converlation  of  the 
people  of  the  yard,  who  being  very  vain, 
were  a  great  exercife  to  my  mind  ;  tho* 
my  m.afler  and  miRrefs  were  kind  and 
friendly  to  me,  which  was  fomc  comfort  ^ 
but  the  grcateft  fatisfaclion  I  had  in  this 

world. 


C   7   3 

world,  was  that  I  could  attend  religious 
meetings  on  the  firft  day  of  the  week,  and 
was  often  favoured  to  hear  the  truth  de- 
clared in  the  demonftration  of  the  fpirit 
and  power,  as  alfo  a  fecret  divine  power 
being  at  work  in  my  heart,  afforded  folid 
pleafure  and  profit,  in  the  midft  of  my 
trials  ;  for,  being  foberly  inclined,  and  de- 
lighting to  attend  religious  meetings,  I 
met  with  fcoffings  and  mockings,  and 
fome  in  an  outrage  would  bid  me  go  along 
to  meeting,  defpiling  my  diligence  on 
that  account ;  but  I  was  enabled  through 
mercy  and  grace,  to  bear  revilings  as  well 
as  many  deep  diflreiTes,  which  fell  to  my 
lot ;  being  much  concerned  to  feek  after 
the  kingdom  of  God,  and  his  righteouf- 
nefs  ;  oh  the  inward  travel  that  1  under- 
went, none  knew  but  the  Lord  !  And  at 
an  evening  meeting  near  where  I  fat,  a  lit- 
tle way  from  the  door,  Benjamin  Kidd, 
a  Friend  of  the  miniftry,  then  on  a  vifit 
to  this  province,  from  Old-England,  came 
in  and  fat  juft  by  me,  and  in  the  meeting 
was  eminently  favoured  in  prayer,  which 
1  have  many  times  thought  was  a  particu- 
lar inftance  of  divine  mercy  to  me,  in  fo 
D  deep 


L  8  :i 

deep  a  travel  of  foul  and  fpiiit,  as  I  had 
to  wade  through  in  fcveral  refpeds  at  that 
time. 

Hisappren-  After  being  fome  time  at  the  fliip 
'iccltip.  carpenters  trade,  which  not  being  agree- 
able to  me,  I  went  again  to  my  uncle's, 
where  came  a  Friend  from  Philadelphia, 
who  having  feen  me  when  I  lived  in  town, 
would  have  me  to  go  apprentice  to  him, 
he  being  a  joiner ;  which  I  accordingly 
did,  beUeving  it  would  be  of  good  fervice 
for  me  to  have  a  trade  to  depend  on  ;  and 
ferved  with  him  until  I  was  about  the 
age  of  twenty  two  years,  and  in  the  time 
of  my  apprenticefhip,  the  goodnefs.  of  the 
almighty  was  great  in  preferving  me 
through  my  tribulations,  which  were  va- 
rious, beyond  my  fetting  forth  ;  but  the 
pure  love  and  fear  of  the  Lord,  accompa- 
nying my  fpirit,  and  through  the  divine 
Phiiadci-  appearance  of  light  and  grace,  I  was  led 
f ^''^'  in  a  clofe  walking  before  him  ;   and  my 

underftanding  was  opened  to  have  a  fight 
of  many  things,  which  the  fpirit  of  truth 
leads  into  ;  fome  whereof  were  plainnefs 
in  fpeech  and  cloathing,    few  words  in 

converfation. 


L   9  3 

converfation,  watchfulnefs  and  prayer, 
chooiing  rather  to  be  alone,  than  in  the 
company  of  thofe  whofe  difcourfe  and 
talking  was  out  of  the  fear  of  God. 

I  MUCH  delighted  in  retirement,  and 
often  walked  alone  and  poured  out  my 
complaints  before  the  allfeeing  eye,  that 
knew  the  condition  of  my  heart,  defiring 
that  he  would  be  pleafed  "  to  create  in  me 
"  a  clean  heart,  and  to  renew  a  right  fpi- 
"  rit  within  me."  I  wanted  to  know 
the  work  of  reformation  effeclually  carri- 
ed on,  according  to  the  mind  and  will  of 
the  bleffed  truth,  and  the'nearer  tkept  to 
what  it  made  manifeft,  the  greater  ftrength 
and  dominion  was  given  me  to  overcome 
the  defilenaents  of  the  world  ;  and  a  con- 
cern cailie  upon  me  in  obferving  the  pride 
and  vain  glory  of  the  times  : — I  had  very 
few  acquaintance,  and  was  rather  defpifed 
and  derided  by  fome,  who  overlooked 
the  Juft  Witnefs  of  Grace  in  themfelves  ; 
"I  chbfe  rather  to  fuffer  afflidion  with 
"  the  people  of  God,  than  to  enjoy  the 
«  pleafures  of  fm,  for  a  feafon  j"  "  The 
^'fuferings  of  this  frefent  time  worketh  for 
D  2  mJ' 


[       10      ] 

f/j,"  as  the  apoftle  faith,  "  a  more  es'ceeding 
*'  and  eternal  weight  of  glory  ^^  and  the  blef- 
fed  peace,  that  our  dear  Lord  gives  to 
thofe  who  follow  hirn  whilft  here,  is  a  re- 
ward fufficient  to  the  fincere  in  heart,  to 
hold  out  to  the  end. 

The  countenance  and  good  example  of 
faithful  Friends  had  a  great  reach  on  my 
mind,  and  when  I  came  to  be  more  ac- 
quainted with  the  deahngs  of  the  Lord, 
and  could  get  frequently  to  religious 
meetings,  and  beheld  the  fitting  of  his 
fervants,  and  attendance  of  his  minifters, 
I  could  fay,  as  did  the  queen  of  the  South, 
who  came  from  far  to  fee  the  wifdom  of 
Solomon,  that  the  one  half  had  not  been 
told  me,  and  one  greater  than  Solomon 
was  in  the  midft  of  his  people  \  praifed  be 
his  great  name,  even  the  name  of  Chrift 
our  dear  Lord,  that  greatly  appeared  in 
power  and  majefty  in  Sion  in  thofe  days, 
to  the  tendering  my  heart  and  fpirit  be- 
fore him  time  after  time,  and  not  only 
eminently  vifited  my  foul,  by  his  glori- 
ous light  and  truth,  but  fent  many  of  his 
fervants  among  us,  from  far  and  near, 

filled 


ftry. 


filled  with  gofpel  rain,  to  the  watering 
the  heritage  of  God  ;  and  the  Lord,  the 
mafter  of  our  afTembUes,  was  pleafed  to 
faften  their  teflimonies  as  nails  in  a  fure 
place. 

After  many  powerful  feafons  of  di-  "arance^'h 
vine  grace,  being  favoured  to  fee  the  J]"^ ""'"'" 
goodnefs  of  the  Lord  in  the  land  of  the 
living,  as  alfo  "  to  tafte  and  handle  of  the 
"  good  word  oflife,"a  great  concern  of  foul 
came  upon  me  to  open  my  mouth  in  a 
public  manner,  for  the  caufe  of  religion, 
and  the  profperity  of  Sion,  which  was  a 
great  and  weighty  work  for  me  to  engage 
in,  being  one  of  the  meaneft  in  this 
world,  as  I  thought,  and  an  apprentice  lad, 
reafons  would  arife  in  me  againft  fo  great 
a  duty,  not  knowing  how  I  might  be  ufed 
by  my  mafter,  and  whether  it  might  agree 
with  the  unity  of  Friends,  they  being  a 
great  and  wife  people  in  this  city,  and  by 
their  knowledge  and  experience,  were 
gifted  with  afightof  fpiritual  things,  be- 
yond my  low  capacity,  as  well  as  zealous 
for  the  good  caufe  of  God  in  their  day. — 
I  waded  for  a  confiderable  time  through 

much 


C   12   ] 

nruch  ti'ouble  and  forrow  of  fpirit,  left  I 
Ihould  go  too  faft,  or  before  my  divine 
Guide,  for  they  who  go  before  they 
are  fent,  cannot  profit  the  people,  or  have 
peace  in  themfelves,  and  peace  to  me  and 
to  do  the  will  of  the  Lord,  was  what  I 
mofl  defired ;  oh  !  the  earn  eft  prayers 
•that  were  in  my  heart  that  I  might  be 
rightly  dire6led  in  all  things,  to  the  ho- 
nour and  praife  of  my  blefted  Lord  and 
mailer  ;  and  a  degree  of  his  mighty  power 
would  lay  fuch  conftraints  upon  me,  that 
for  Sion's  fake  I  could  not  reft,  and  for 
Jerufalem's  fake  I  could  not  hold  my  peace; 
fo  that  after  many  powerful  influences  of 
the  divine  word,  at  about  the  age  of 
twenty  years  I  appeared  in  a  few  words, 
in  prayer,  at  an  evening  meeting,  in  Phi- 
ladelphia, and  after  this,  fometimes  in  a 
few  words  by  way  of  teftimony,  as  they 
were  put  in  my  heart,  in  a  great  deal  of 
fear  and  dread  of  the  Almighty  Being; 
and  Friends  bore  with  my  appearance 
with  much  tendernefs,  and  the  miniftry 
of  thole  who  were  largely  gifted  in  the 
myfteries  of  the  kingdom,  and  like  fcribes 
well  inftrucled  thereto,  that  could  bring 

out 


[    13    ] 

out  of  the  treafury  things  new  and  old, 
would  correfpond  with  what  I  had  to  fay- 
in  the  fear  of  Lord  ;  which  blcfled  helps, 
together  with  the  evidence  of  peace  in  niy 
own  bieaft,  gave  a  confirmation  to  my 
mind,   that  I  was  in  the  way  of  my  duty. 

After  I  came  forth  in  this  laborious 
exercife,  I  dreamed  a  dream,  or  faw  in  a 
viiion,  that  I  v/as  as  a  little  child  born  in- 
to the  world,  and  my  mother  was  very 
tender  of  me  (who  I  have  thought  to  be 
the  church)  but  there  was  an  enemy  that 
fought  my  life,  and  as  though  he  would 
deftroy  me,  but  Ihe  that  was  my  mother 
made  herefcape,  and  carried  me  into  the 
wildernefs,  and  we  were  preferved. — At 
another  time  when  I  was  much  concerned 
in  fpirit  for  acceptance  with  the  Lord,  I 
dreamed  that  I  was  travelling  in  a  path,  in 
which  I  met  with  fome  difficulties,  and 
got  through  them  and  met  with  death, 
and  a  man  came  with  a  book,  and  it  was 
faid  that  my  foul  was  acceptable  with  the 
Lord.  I  have  had  great  caufe  to  fpeak 
well  of  his  excellent  name  for  the  reveal- 
ing his  fecrets  to  my  underilanding,  as  I 
kept  in  his  holy  fear.  About 


[     14    ] 

About  the  time  that  I  firft  appeared 
in  words  in  thecongregationsof  theLord^s 
people,  and  fometime  before,  the  glorious 
day  fpring  from  on  high  powerfully  ap- 
peared amongft  us,  and  feveral  were  en- 
gaged to  fpeak  to  the  praife  of  the  Al- 
mighty, and  to  bear  teftimony  to  his 
great  and  good  name,  three  before  I  ap- 
peared, and  two  afterwards  ;  the  firft 
were  Mary  Nicholls,  Benjamin  Trotter, 
and  Mary  Emlen,  the  next  were  Joyce 
Marriot,  and  Elizabeth  Widdifield,  who 
continued  ferviceable  minifters  among 
Friends.  I  thought  it  might  be  faid  to  be 
a  time  in  fome  meafure  of  the  fulfilling  the 
prophecy  of  the  prophet  Joel,  "  /  will 
*'  pour  out  my  Jpirit  upon  allflefi^  and  your 
"  fons  and  your  daughters  JJmll  prophecy^  your  ' 
*'  old  7nen  JJj  all  dream  dreams^  your  young  men 
"  Jhallfee  vifions  ;  and  alfo  upon  the  fervants^ 
''  and  upon  the  handmaids  In  thofe  days^  will 
"  Ipouroutmyfpirit'^  Joel  ii.  28,  29,  30. 
The  plainnefs,  zeal,  and  pious  example  of 
many  Friends  in  thofe  days,  made  them 
as  lights  in  this  city,  and  inftruclors  to  me 
to  follow  them,  as  they  followed  Chrift  ; 
and  as  I  kept  inward  before  the  Lord  in 

hfs 


C     15    J 

his  fear,  he  was  pleafed  to  reveal  his  blef- 
fcd  mind  and  will,  in  things  concerning 
the  Gofpel  miniftry,  which  is  not  to  be  re- 
ceived from  man  nor  in  the  will  of  man  ; 
but  by  the  revelation  of  Jefus  Chrifl ;  and 
as  I  grew  in  the  gift  communicated  to  me, 
he  was  pleafed  to  give  me  an  open  door 
in  the  hearts  of  his  people ;  praifed  be  his 
great  name  for  ever  more !  And  fome- 
times  I  had  drawings  in  my  mind  to  go  to 
a  neighbouring  meeting,  and  what  I  had 
to  fay  in  their  hearing  was  well  received. 

After  I  had  ferved  out  my  appren-  ^/"jf^f  ^f 
ticefhip,   I    wrought  journey-v^ork,   and  prentice- 
Kvedwithmymafler  until  his  death,  which 
was  foon  after  I  was    free,    and    then 
wrought  with  another  Friend  in  the  city 
fome  time,   when  having  an  opportunity 
to  go  to  Rhode-ifland,  the  place  where  my 
father  was  born,  and  feveral  of  his  rela- 
tions living  there,   I  was  defirous  to  fee 
them,  and  while  I  was  apprentice  having 
an  account  of  fome  eftate  that  was  my  fa- 
ther's, laying  in  that  country;    on  this     /^''' 
account,  and  to    fee  my  relations   and  journey  to 
Friends^  I  took  a  journey  in    the  year  ifiand. 
E  1731, 


[     i6    1 

1 73 1,  with  Henry  Frankland,  from  Old^ 
England,  who  came  to  America,  on  the 
fervice  of  truth,  and  being  about  going 
to  thofe  parts,  was  fo  kind  as  to  take  my 
company.  He  was  a  folid  exemplary  wor- 
thy Friend,  whofe  miniflry  and  gofpel  la* 
bour  was  to  edification  among  Friends. 
My  undertaking  this  journey  was  laid  be- 
fore our  Monthly-Meeting,  and  Friends 
were  pleafed  to  give  me  a  certificate. 

The  firft  meeting  we  went  to,  w^as  at 
Eurlington,  and  from  thence  to  feveral 
others  in  New-Jerfey,  as  Little-Egg-har- 
bour,  Manefquan,Shrewfbury  and  Wood- 
bridge,  and  fo  to  New-York,  and  to  meet- 
ings on  the  Main,  and  the  Yearly  Meet- 
ing at  Fluihing,  and  to  Friend's  meetings 
pretty  generally  on  Long-ifland  ;  feveral 
of  which  were  much  to  fatisfaclion  and 
comfort  j  and  I  was  glad  to  fee  and  find 
the  near  unity  that  was  among  Friends, 
where  our  lot  was  caft. 

F  E.  o  M  this  ifland  we  went  through 
Coneclicut,  which  was  a  baptizing  time 
to  me,  being  a  young  traveller,  not  much 

acquainted 


[     17     ] 

acquainted  with  the  difference  of  places, 
and  behaviour  of  people  from  home,  their 
converfation,  as  alfo  their  principles, 
through  that  government  being  greatly- 
different  from  Friends,  and  altho'  hio^h  ia 
profellion  of  religion,  feemed  to  me  very 
little  acquainted  with  the  light  and  fpirit 
of  Chrifl.  It  w^as  a  dark  time,  in  which  I 
went  through  much  deep  inward  fuffer- 
ing.  We  pafTed  along  until  we  got  to 
Kingflown,  near  Rhode-ifland,  where 
we  had  a  meeting,  and  then  had  one  on 
Connanicut,  and  attended  the  Yearly- 
Meeting  at  Nevv^port,Rhode-iIland,  which 
was  very  large,  and  I  hope  a  good  meet- 
ing to  a  folid  remnant.  My  Friend  Henry 
Frankland,  whom  I  accompanied  fo  far, 
proceeded  on  his  journey  to  vifit  Friends 
in  New-England,  and  I  {laid  in  order  to 
get  my  outward  affairs  fettled,  and  to  vi- 
fit feveral  Friends  on  that  ifland,  one  of 
which  was  that  dear  and  worthy  Friend 
Jacob  Mott,  whofe  countenance  friined 
and  appeared  as  a  follower  and  fervant  of 
Chrifl,  it  did  me  good  to  fee  him,  and 
when  I  took  my  leave  of  him,  his  folid  ad- 
vice  to  me  made  lading  impreilions  on  my 
E  2  mindp— 


[     i8    3 

mind. — After  I  had  ftaid  fome  time  at  this 
place,    and  had  feen  my  relations   and 
Friends,  I  returned  back  to  Philadelphia, 
where  I  had  known  in  an  extraordinary- 
manner,  the  gracious  dealings  of  the  Al- 
mighty ;  and  I  endeavoured  to  feek  coun- 
fel  of  him  to  know  where  I  had  bed  fettle 
myfelf  in  the  world,   and  it  feemed  moft 
fuitable  for  me  to  continue  in  this  city, 
where    I  wrought  journey-work  at  my 
trade  fometime  ;    after  which  I  rented  a 
fliop,  and  fat  up  for  myfelf,  humbly  deii- 
ring  of  the  Lord  to  add  his  blelllng  to  my 
endeavours,  not  that  I  craved  great  things, 
but  that  by  an  honeft  induftrious  care  I 
might  have  what  was  needful,    as   food 
and  raiment,  and  defired  "  to  dojuftly, 
*'  love  mercy,and  walk  humbly  with  God/* 
And  the  abundant  mercies  and  bleffings 
wherewith  he  was  gracioufly  pleafed  ta 
make  way  for  me,  both  in  things  fpiricu- 
al  and  temporal,  were  and  are  gratefully 
to  be  remembred  by  me,  his  goodnefs  and 
peace  being  as  a  ftream  of  living  water  to. 
my  foul,  when  favoured  to  drink  there* 

I  W  R  O  U  G  H  T 


I  WROUGHT  hard  at  my  outward  call- 
ing when  at  home,  yet  not  fo  much  con- 
fined but  that  I  kept  clofe  to  religious 
meetings  ;  in  which  the  good  prefence  of 
Chrifl:  our  dear  Lord,  would  many  times 
overfliadow  them,  and  I  have  had  to  fit 
under  the  fhadow  thereof  with  great  de- 
light, and  after  fuch  precious  meetings 
with  his  people,  I  found  my  mind  better 
qualified  to  attend  to  my  necelTary  bufinefs 
and  the  affairs  of  life  ;  and  when  the  mo- 
tions of  truth  would  fpring  in  my  heart 
to  vifit  religious  meetings  in  places  adja- 
cent in  Pennfylvania  and  New-Jerfey,  I 
freely  gave  up  to  go  to  them,  and  fincere- 
ly  laboured  therein  in  the  love  of  truth,  in 
which  I  found  great  fatisfaclion,  and  with 
many  Friends,  the  unity  of  the  fpirit  in 
the  bond  of  peace,  and  I  hope  in  places 
my  labour  was  of  fome  fervice  ;  the  praife 
of  which  I  freely  attribute  to  my  great 
Lord  and  mafler  Jefus  Chrifl ;  bleffed  be 
his  holy  name  !  he  fuflained  and  fupport- 
ed  me,  and  through  his  gifs  and  grace 
preferved  me  in  the  fear  of  God  ;  his  fear 
was  a  fountain  of  life  as  well  as  unfpeaka- 
ble  pleafure  in  my  firfl  fetting  out  in  the 

world 


[      20      ] 

world  for  myfelf ;   Oh  !  the  ftreams  of  the 
celeftial  fountain  or  waters  of  life  ftand  o- 
pen  to  all  that  are  athirft,    that  they  may 
drink,  and  they  may  have  wine  and  milk 
without  money  and    without    price. — I 
wifh  that  there  was  a  more  general  thirft 
in  the  children  of  men,  to  drink  of  this 
water,  which  Chrift  our  Lord  has  promi- 
fed  to  give  to  true  believers,    and  that  it 
ihould  be  in  them  a  well  of  water  fpring- 
ing  up  into  everlafting  life  ;   and  he  has 
faid  of  himfelf,    "  /  am  the  Iivi?2g  bread 
*'  which  came  down  from  Heaven^  if  any  man 
*'  eat  of  this  bread  he  fijall  live  for   ever^ 
John  vi.  51.     Oh  !  how  great  is  his  good- 
nefs  and  condefcenfion  to  hungering  and 
thirfling  fouls,  and  thanks  to  him  for  ever 
more  1  they  that  eat  of  this  living  bread, 
partake  of  the  bleffed  communion,     and 
know  the  fupper  of  the  Lord  ;   alfo  fenfi- 
bly  partake  of  the  new  wine  of  the  king- 
dom ;  they  are  like  new  bottles  filled  with 
new  v/ine,  and  know  him  to   drink  and 
fup  with  them  of  this  wine,  new  in  his 
heavenly  Father's  kingdom  ;    I  take  thofe 
to  be  new  bottles  that  are  created  a  new 
in  Jcfus  Chrift  unto  good  works,  and  that 

know 


[  .1  ] 

know  the  kingdom  of  our  heavenly  F2C- 
ther  to  be  come,  and  his  will  to  be  done  on 
earth  as  it  is  done  in  Heaven  ;  and  as  we 
are  taught  to  pray  for  this,  it  would  be 
well  for  all  mankind  to  come  to  the  expe- 
rience of  it  in  themfelves ;  for  Chrift  our 
Lord  faid  to  fome  of  old,  "  The  kingdom  of 
heaven  is  wit  Join  you ;"  and-  the  faithful 
have  it  in  their  experience  to  be  the  fame 
now  :  It  is  a  kingdom  that  coniifls  of 
peace  and  joy  to  the  faithful  fubjecls  of 
his  holy  reign  and  government. 

In  the  year  1732,  I  found  freedom  in  '75: 
my  mind  to  accompany  my  uncle  Thomas 
Chalkley  to  vifit  fome  of  the  meetings  of 
Friends  in  Bucks  county  and  New-Jer- 
fey,  and  afterwards  Chefler  county ;  in 
the  performance  of  which  we  had  near 
fellowfliip  together,  and  Friends  were 
kind,  and  I  believe  glad  to  fee  us  ;  feve- 
ral  of  thofe  meetings  were  large,  and  I 
hope  comfortable  to  many.  He  was  a  near 
fellowhelper  to  me  in  my  religious  labours 
for  the  promotion  of  truth,  and  a  bright 
example  in  the  meeknefs  and  patience  of  • 
the  laoib ;  I  do  not  know  that  I  was  ever 

acquain.ted 


L   "   3 

acquainted  with  a  man  more  inward, 
whofe  heart  feemed  to  be  more  placed  up- 
on heavenly  treafure,both  in  meetings  and 
out  of  them,  than  this  dear  difciple  of 
Chrift. 

173?.  When  thefe  viilts  were  accomplifhed. 

His  marri-  J  having  been  engaged  on  account  of  mar- 
riage to  Sarah  Lloyd,  a  virtuous  young 
woman  who  feared  the  Lord,  daughter 
of  honeft  parents,  John  and  Sarah  Lloyd 
of  this  city,  on  the  fifth  day  of  the  fe- 
cond  month,  1733,  we  accomplifhed 
that  weighty  undertaking  in  the  pure  fear 
of  the  Lord,  in  near  affection  to  each  o- 
ther,  and  with  the  unity  of  Friends ;  and 
after  I  was  agreeably  fettled,  my  heart  was 
Hill  given  up  to  go  of  the  Lord's  errands, 
as  he  was  pleafed  to  fend  me,  and  vifited 
Friends  in  thefe  two  provinces  (Pennfyl- 
vania  and  New-Jerfey)  and  other  places, 
as  the  motion  of  life  engaged  me  from 
place  to  place,  and  in  a  fhort  time  after  I 
went  as  far  as  Shrewfbury,  and  fame 
meetings  thereaways. 


In 


t  23  ] 

In  the  year  1734,  I  vifited  the  meet-       *'^'^' 
ings  of  Friends  at  Salem,  Alloways  creek, 
Greenwich,    Cape-May  and    Great-Egg- 
harbour,    feveral  of  which  were  to  fatis- 
faclion  and  comfort. 

And  in  the  year  1735,  having  aeon*  ^'^^^' 
cem  on  my  mind  to  vifit  Friends  in  New-  vifit  J*^°" 
England,  and  our  Monthly-Meeting  in  l^X^"^^ 
this  city,  giving  me  a  certificate  of  their 
concurrence  therewith,  I  accordingly 
proceeded,  and  was  at  feveral  meetings  in 
the  Jerfeys,  from  thence  I  went  to  the 
Yearly-Meeting  at  Flufiiing,  on  Long- 
illand,  where  was  our  Friend  Jofeph  Gill 
from  Ireland,  and  feveral  from  Pennfyl- 
vania,  the  meetings  were  large,  and  reli- 
gious labour  was  beftowed  among  the 
people.  After  it  I  vifited  Friends  generally 
on  that  ifland,  many  of  the  meetings  be- 
ing very  large  and  comfortable,  attended 
I  truftwith  thebleffed  power  and  prefence 
of  the  Lord,  which  begat  great  nearnefs 
in  the  bcflfellowfhip  with  the  tender-mind- 
ed. I  then  proceeded  to  meetings  on 
the  Main,  as  Wefl-Chefler,  Mamarineck, 
Rye,  and  feveral  others  3  fome  of  which 
F  were 


L  M  ] 
'US'  were  large  and  foHd  ;  from  thence,  after 
Sr^"^'  being  at  fome  meetings  in  Cone£licut, 
I  went  forward  to  Rhode-ifland,  which 
was  a  wearifome  travel ;  but  I  got  to  New- 
port, and  met  with  a  kind  reception  from 
Friends,  whom  1  vifited  in  much  love, 
there  being  a  great  number  who  make  a 
profefiion  of  the  way  of  truth  ;  I  was  glad 
to  fee  them,  and  could  have  been  more  fo 
that  all  lived  in  pofTeflion  of  the  fame. 
From  Rhode-ifland  I  took  meetings  in  my 
way  to  Nantucket,  where  on  my  arriving 
I  was  kindly  taken  home  by  Nathaniel 
Starbuck,  whofe  heart  and  houfe  were 
open  to  receive  the  meifengersof  Chrift. — ■ 
On  this  illand  I  met  with  a  great  number 
of  choice  exemplary  Friends,  and  had  fe- 
veral  meetings  among  them,  which  I  be- 
lieve tended  to  edification.  Being  clear 
of  this  place,  I  returned  to  the  Main,  and 
taking  meetings  in  my  w^ay,  came  to  Bof- 
ton,  where  I  fpent  fome  time  with  Friends, 
both  in  public  meetings  and  in  their  fami- 
lies ;  they  being  loving  to  me  and  glad  of 
being  vifited,  their  number  being  fmall  in 
the  whole,  but  feemed  to  be  well  treated 
by  people  of  other  perfuafions,  far  differ- 
ent 


C   25   ] 

ent  from  what  it  was  in  the  early  vifits  of 
Friends  to  that  place,  in  which  fome  of 
the  fervants  of  the  moil  high,  fuffercd  un- 
to death.  From  Bofton  I  went  to  Lyn, 
Salem,  and  Newberry,  and  had  comfor- 
table meetings,  as  alfo  at  another  place 
between  Newberry  and  Dover,  and  after 
I  had  feen  Friends  at  Dover  and  Cache- 
chy,  and  a  meeting  near  Dover,  I  return- 
ed, to  Salem  and  Lyn,  and  (laid  fome- 
time  at  my  kind  Friend  Zacheus  Collins's, 
having  met  with  fome  difappointment  in 
travelling,  which  detained  me  fome  weeks, 
but  I  conftantly  attended  meetings  at  Lyn, 
and  found  great  opennefs  and  unity  with 
Friends  there,  and  believe  my  flay  tend- 
ed to  fome  fervice,  for  the  promoting  of 
near  love  among  the  little  flock  of  Chrift 
in  that  place,  having  many  bleffed  oppor- 
tunities among  them.  I  alfo  went  to  the 
Yearly-Meeting  at  Bofton,  and  back  to 
the  Yearly-Meeting  at  Lyn  ;  which  was 
large  and  greatly  favoured  with  the  mini- 
ftry  and  fervice  of  that  worthy  handmaid 
of  the  Lord,  Lydia  Norton.  After  this, 
and  the  Yearly-Meeting  at  Salem,  I  part- 
ed with  Friends  in  much  love,  and  came 
F  2  on 


C   26  ] 

on  my  way  homeward,  vifiting  the  meet- 
ings generally  as  they  came  in  courfe,  alfo 
forne  back  places,  and  at  Swanfey,  Green- 
wich, and  feme  other  meetings,  and  to 
Rhode-ifland  ;  tho'  fomc  of  thefe  meetings 
"were  hard  and  fuffering  times,  and  tra- 
velling wcarifome,  I  was  favoured  \v'ith  a 
fhare  of  peace  in  my  own  bofom. 

After  a  little  flay  at  Newport,  and 
fome  folid  times  among  Friends,  I  took 
my  leave  and  came  to  Kingftown  meeting, 
and  then  fet  forward,  pailing  through  Co- 
neclicut  with  Jacob  Barney,  who  came 
with  me  as  a  guide,  and  was  a  good  com- 
panion j  we  reached  Mamarineck,  and 
flaid  a  meeting,  at  which  were  two  mar- 
riages 'y  from  thence  to  Long-ifland, 
where  I  made  but  a  fhort  ftay,  crofTed  at 
the  Narrows  and  Staten-ifland,  and  got  to 
Woodbridge  meeting  on  the  firft  day  of 
the  week,  and  the  next  day  arrived  at  my 
own  habitation,  in  about  one  week  from 
Newport,  and  to  my  great  fatisfaclion, 
found  my  family  well,  through  the  good 
providence  of  the  Almighty. 

After 


E     =7     ] 

After  I  came  home  I  kept  clofe  to  rhiiadci-^ 
meetings,  and  faithfully  laboured  in  that  ^^'''* 
ability  God  giveth  ;  being  much  concern- 
ed for  the  profperity  of  his  glorious  work 
amongft  us ;  my  outward  endeavours 
were  alfo  bleffed,  as  I  kept  to  induftry,  and 
I  always  found  it  beft  to  be  diligent,  and 
not  Ilothful  in  bufmefs  ;  yet  fervent  in  fpi- 
rit  ferving  the  Lord  ;  and  by  living  in 
this  city  it  was  my  lot  often  to  vifit  the 
fick  and  thofe  in  affliclion  in  this  place, 
which  were  heart  tenderinsf  and  humbling: 
times,  which  ought  not  to  be  forgotten 
by  fuch  who  have  been  humbled  under 
the  mighty  hand  of  God,  and  whom  he 
has  been  pleafed  to  relieve  ;  but  it  is  much 
to  be  lamented,  that  too  many  when 
raifed  from  adverfity,  do  forget  in  time  of 
profperity  the  dealings  of  the  Almighty 
w^ith  them  ;  the  world  and  the  uncertain 
things  thereof,  lead  to  forget  what  is  cer- 
tain to  all  men,  that  they  mull  die,  and  af- 
ter death  that  they  are  accountable  to  the 
Almighty  Author  of  their  being. 

In  the  year  1737,  being  appointed  with  •    1737^ 
feveral  Friends  of  our  Monthly-Meeting, 

to 


I     ^8     J 

to  vlfit  the  families  of  Friends  in  this  city, 
and  having  a  concern  on  my  mind  for  the 
fervice,  1  went  to  many  places  with  my 
Uncle  Chalkley,  and  other  Friends,  to 
good  fatisfaclion.  For  fome  time  I  did  not 
go  any  very  diftant  journey,  except  once, 
as  far  as  Weft-river,  in  Maryland,  to  the 
Yearly-Meeting,  in  company  with  my 
Friend  Robert  Jordan ;  but  I  diligently 
attended  meetings  in  this  city,  and  fome- 
times  thofe  near  it,  both  in  Pennfylvania 
and  New-Jerfey ;  which  I  did  in  much 
love,  often  chooling  to  go  on  foot,  having 
in  my  young  years  had  many  heavenly 
feafons  in  that  way  of  travelling. 

1744.  In  the  year  1744,  it  was  on  my  mind 
to  vilit  again  Friends  in  New-England, 
New-Eng-  ^^^  having  the  unity  of  our  Monthly- 
Meeting,  and  my  Friend  Abel  James  for 
a  companion^  he  being  a  young  man  I 
much  efteemed  ;  the  latter  end  of  the  e- 
leventh  Month,  we  proceeded  pretty  di- 
rect to  Long-illand,  where  we  vifited 
moft  of  the  meetings  of  Friends  therea- 
way, and  the  favourable  prefence  and 
goodnefs  of  God  being  manifefted  in  them, 

gave 


His  third 
journey  to 


C   29   3 

gave  me  eafe  of  mind,  and  united  my  New-Eng- 
heart  to  the  faithful  among  them.  When 
clear  there,  we  went  on  the  Main,  and  tra- 
velled to    Newport,     on    Rhode-ifland, 
where  we  were  lovingly  received  among 
Friends,  and  after  a  fliort  ft  ay,  we  pro- 
ceeded to  Dartmouth,  and  were  at  a  meet- 
ing there  5  and  fo  forward  through  Bof- 
ton,  Lyn,  and  Salem,  having  meetings, 
infomeof  which  I  had  fatisfaction,  and 
was  glad  to  fee  Friends  with  whom  I  had 
fome  acquaintance  in  the  beft  fellowfhip. 
The   furtheft  place  we   went  to   in  this 
journey  was  Salem ;  and  were  at  feveral 
meetings    on    our    return  to    Newport^ 
which  I  hope  tended  to  ftir  up  the  pure 
mind  in  fome  -,  altho'  the  life  of  religion 
appeared  to  be  at  a  low  ebb'  with  many 
making  a  high  prof  efiion  thereof.     After 
feveral  good  opportunities  among  Friends 
at  Newport,    we    returned    homewards 
through  Coneclicut,  making  a  fliorc  ftay 
to  reft  at  our  Friend  Thomas  Franklin's, 
from  whence  we  went  to  a  meeting  at  New- 
town, on  Long-ifland,  then  to  New- York 
in  company  with  feveral  Friends,  where  . 
we  had  a  meeting,  then  proceeded  home, 

where 


[     3°    ] 

vhiiadd-     where  I  was  glad  to  fee  my  dear  wife  and 
^  '^'  family  again,  it  being  through  the  kind*- 

nefs  of  divine  Providence,  and  they  were 
very  near  and  dear  to  me.  This  journey 
was  attended  with  hard  travel  and  hard 
labour  to  my  body,  alfo  in  the  exercife  of 
the  gift  of  the  miniftry ;  but  it  was  in  good 
will  and  much  love  to  the  people. 

From  the  year  1745  to  1748,  I  kept 
much  at  home  at  our  own  meetings ;  yet 
went  fometimes  to  other  meetings  in 
Pennfylvania  and  New-Jerfey,  as  in  the 
love  of  truth  I  was  drawn  forth  to  vifit 
them  'y  the  Lord  having  a  choice  people  in 
thefe  provinces  who  fear  his  name,  and  my 
heart  was  often  filled  with  endeared  love 
to  the  upright  hearted  feed  of  God,  from 
my  firft  acquaintance  among  them  ;  being 
at  times  baptized  and  united  together  in 
the  one  fpirit  and  fellowiliip,  which  is 
not  in  the  wifdom  of  man,  but  from  the 
power  of  God. 

My  dear  wife  being  weakly  in  body, 
and  had  been  in  a  poor  ftate  of  health  for 
fometime,  departed  this  life  in  the  fortieth 

vear 


i:  31  ] 

year  of  her  age,  on  the  firfl:  day  of  ^he 
lecond  month,   1748,  and  I    have  good 
reafon  to  beheve  that  flie  is  at  reft,  having 
before    her    death,     exprefled  that    fhc 
had  made  her  peace  with  the  Lord,    and 
the  evident  tokens  of  his  prefence  in  her 
iicknefs,  and  at  her  latter  end,  muchfup- 
ported  my  mind  in  fo  great  a  trial,   and 
lofs  of  io  good  a  v/ife  and  tender  mother 
to  my  children,  and  one  that  loved  the 
truth,  and  the  fervants  of  Chrift,    who 
lived  an  innocent  life,   being  a  pattern  of 
plainnefs,  a  near  companion,    and  true 
help-mate  tome  according  to  her  capacity, 
both  in  things  fpiritual  and  temporal.  Af- 
ter her  death,  in  about  a  week,  I  buried 
my  youngeft   fon,  and  four  fons    before 
the  death  of  their  dear  mother  ;  w^hich 
were  very  near  trials  ;    but  my  greatefl 
help  in  thefe    as    well    as    many    other 
affliclions    that    have   fallen  to  my  lot, 
has    been  to    fubmit  to  the  bleffed  will 
of  the  Lord,  who  gives  and  takes  av/ay. 
Now  having  two  daughters  left,  I  was 
much    concerned    that     the    Almighty 
might   be   pleafed   to    look   in    pity  on  • 
them,     as    he    did    in    mercy    on  me, 
^  in 


t     3'^    3 

VhWaU-     in  py  young  years,  and  give  them  wif- 
^'''''''  dom  and  underflanding  hearts  to  walk  be* 

fore  him  in  his  mofl:  holy  fear  ;  for  I  foon 
found  after  the  death  of  my  loving  v^dfe, 
that  I  muft  leave  them  for  a  time,  and  my 
habitation  and  near  comforts  of  life,  for 
the  fake  of  Chrift  and  his  bleffed  gofpel, 
a  concern  increaiing  on  my  mind,  not  to 
delay  the  time  in  which  I  was  to  perform 
this  errand,  to  go  to  iflands  and  places  a- 
broad;  this  weighty  undertaking  I 
made  known  to  my  dear  Friends,  at  our 
Monthly-Meeting  in  this  city,  with  which 
they  having  unity,  gave  me  a  certificate 
for  this  purpofe,  in  which  they  mention- 
ed their  prayers  for  my  prefervation  thro' 
every  trial  and  danger,  which  were  ma- 
ny before  my  return  ;  but  the  Almighty^ 
All-powerful  Being,  delivered  out  of  them 
all  ;  glory,  honour,  and  eternal  praile 
to  his  eminent  name  for  ever !  but  before 
I  left  home,  I  accompanied  fome  Friends 
to  vifit  feveral  families  in  this  city,  which 
were  folid  and  comfortable  feafons. 


Hh 


L    33    ] 


rag 


His  Voyage  to  Barbadoes,  and  Labours 
there  and  at  the  adjacent  I/Iands  ;  and  Voy- 
agefrom  thence  to  Ireland. 

AFTER  I  had  fettled  my  out-  1784. 
ward  concerns,  and  had  placed 
my  dear  children  to  be  taken 
care  of,  until  it  pleafed  God  that  we 
lliould  meet  again,  I  left  my  habitation  on 
the  1 3th  day  of  the  fifth  month,  1 748,  af- 
ter being  on  that  day  at  a  large  meeting 
in  our  city,  with  Samuel  Nottingham,  a 
Friend  from  Northamptonfliire,  in  Old- 
England,  who  was  to  be  my  companion. 
We  came  with  a  great  number  of  our  very 
loving  Friends  to  Chefter,  had  a  folid 
meeting  there  that  evening,  lodged  at 
our  worthy  Friend  Grace  Lloyd's,  and 
next  morning  taking  leave  of  our  beloved 
Friends,  we  went  on  board  the  veiTel  and 
fat  fail  for  Barbadoes.  On  the  pafTage  I 
met  with  near  trials  in  fpirit,  and  was  at 
times  almoft  overwhelmed  by  deep  conflicts 
G  2  of 


[     34    ] 

,,^g.  of  foul ;  but  thro'  the  kindnefs  and  mercy  of 
Earbadoes.  God,  wc  arHved  fafe  at  Barbadoes,  on  the 
2ift  day  of  the  fixth  month  ;  where  we 
met  with  feveral  Friends  who  were  kind 
and  loving  towards  us,  our  dear  Friend 
Jofeph  Gamble  took  us  to  his  houfe, 
where  we  lodged  for  the  moft  part  of  the 
time.  After  we  had  attended  meetings  at 
Bridgetown,  the  Lord  being  with  us,  en- 
abled us  by  his  mighty  power  to  bear  a 
faithful  teftimony,  I  truft,  to  his  eternal 
Truth,  we  went  to  Speightftown,  where 
we  were  favoured  with  fome  folid  edifying 
meetings,  tho'  not  fo  large  as  at  Bridge- 
town ;  we  lodged  at  our  efteemed  Friend 
Edward  Harrifon's  ;  we  were  alfo  at  the 
Spring  meeting-houfe,  where  we  lodged, 
a  Friend  living  therein,  and  the  next  day 
had  a  meeting  there,  and  in  the  afternoon 
at  Bridgetown,  which  was  large  and  end- 
ed well.  We  were  on  this  ifland  twenty- 
one  days^  and  having  fcen  Friends  gene- 
rally, and  been  favoured  with  ieveral  edi- 
fying feafons,  we  departed  from  thence 
with  Captain  Auftin,  to  Antigua,  in  our 
way  to  Tortola  ;  we  ftaid  one  week  and 
a  day  at  Antigua,  lodged  at  James  Bir- 

ket's 


i:  35  ] 

ket's,  who  was  very  kind  to  us;  but 
my  mind  was  much  burthened  and  dif- 
trefTed  for  that  place  and  people,  v,'ho  are 
for  the  mod  part  a  wicked  and  fmful  ge- 
neration ;  we  had  no  meeting  among 
them,  there  being  no  Friend  on  the  ifland, 
except  Friend  Birket,  and'  no  opennefs, 
that  I  could  find  to  fatisfaclion,  for  the 
teftimony  of  truth  to  be  declared,  only 
we  had  fome  folid  converfation  with  fome. 
I  came  away  much  bowed  in  fpirit  for  the 
fins  of  the  wicked  in  that  ifland.  From 
thence  we  went  for  Tor  tola,  where  we 
landed  on  the  28th  of  the  feventh  month, 
and  met  with  feveral  Friends  in  the  even- 
ing, that  were  glad  to  fee  us,  at  the  houfe 
of  our  Friend  John  Pickering  ;  where, 
and  at  our  Friend  William  Thomas's,  we 
lodged  mod  of  the  time  we  were  upon 
that  ifland,  they  being  truly  kind  and 
friendly  to  us ;  we  were  favoured  with 
many  good  edifying  meetings  among 
Friends,  there  being  two  meeting-houfes 
on  the  ifland,  viz.  one  at  a  place  cafled 
Fat-hog  bay,  the  other  at  the  Road  ;  we 
attended  both  of  them  wdth  diligence, 
near  the  fpacc  of  fix  wrecks,  only  that  we 

were 


[     3^    ] 

1748.     were  once  at  an  ifland   called  Joes- Van- 
Toitoia.      dikes,  where  we  had  a  large  good  meet- 


ing. 


O  N  the  ninth  day  of  the  ninth  month, 
we  left  Tortola,  in  order  to  retm  n  to  An- 
tigua, with  deiign  to  get  a  paffage  for 
England  ;  but  being  in  a  veiTel  the  cap- 
tain of  which  knew  not  how  to  manage 
her,  we  were  going  a  contrary  courfe,  in 
which  if  we  had  proceeded,  we  might  all 
have  been  loft  ;  we  were  much  tofled  and 
driven  about,  and  through  perfuafions, 
we  prevailed  with  the  captain  to  turn 
back,  and  he  brought  us  to  Santa  Croix; 
but  our  going  into  the  harbour  called 
JJme-trees  to  drop  anchor,  feemed  as  if  it 
would  have  proved  fatal  to  us,  there  ly- 
ing a  velTel  armed  with  guns,  from  which 
we  were  fired  at  three  times,  and  my  com- 
panion had  like  to  have  been  £hot  ;  it 
feems  they  had  a  deiign  to  have  funk  our 
velTel,  having  heard  there  was  a  Spanifh 
privateer  on  the  coaft,  and  the  Governor 
had  given  orders  to  keep  her  off;  they 
fufpected  our's  to  be  that  veiTel ;  but  our 
mariners  being  in  a  great  fright,  made 

Cgnak 


Croix, 


C     37     ] 

fignals  that  we  had  no  ill  defign  ;  when  ,.48. 
feeing  we  were  in  diftrefs,  they  forbore  santa 
firing,  and  through  the  kind  deliverance 
of  the  Almighty  we  got  fafe  in  and  dropt 
anchor.  Praifed  and  worfhipped  be  the 
name  of  God,  that  was  nigh  at  hand,  and 
a  prefent  help  in  the  time  of  need  !  may  I 
forever  adore  his  great  and  eminent  name, 
with  all  the  true  in  heart,  throughout  all 
generations !  he  will  not  fufFer  thofe  to 
be  confounded  that  truft  in  him,  and  who 
delire  and  endeavour  faithfully  to  ferve 
him.  A  particular  cafe  concerning  pri- 
vateering, fometime  before  I  left  home, 
now  comes  into  my  mind  to  mention. 
Some  great  men  of  our  city  being  concern^ 
ed  in  fitting  out  vefTels  for  that  wicked 
bufinefs,  which  having  brought  a  deep 
engagement  on  my  mind,  it  came  upon 
me  as  a  weighty  duty,  to  go  to  one  of 
thefe  men,  faithfully  to  warn  him  againfl 
this  unrighteous  way  of  getting  riches  ;  I 
got  a  Friend  to  accompany  me,  and  I 
cleared  my  fpirit  of  a  heavy  burden  ;  he 
pleaded  for  the  practice,  but  ufed  me  civil- 
ly.— A  new  veflel  was  fitted  out  fometime 
after,  called  the  Tartar,  v/hich  was  much 

talked 


C   38   ] 

a 748.  talked  of  to  do  great  matters  in  privateer- 
ing ;  but,  as  I  have  been  informed,  flie 
funk  before  flic  got  out  to  fea,  and  many 
or  mofl  of  the  people  on  board  were 
drowned.  I  had  peace  of  mind  for  hav- 
ing difcharged  my  duty,  altho'  I  much 
lamented  the  unhappy  circumftances  of 
thofe  poor  fellow -mortals,  lofing  their 
lives  in  fuch  an  evil  undertaking. 

But  to  return  to  the  place  where  we 
came  to  an  anchor — My  companion  w^ent 
on  fliore  at  Santa  Croix,  and  would  have 
had  me  gone  with  him,  but  my  mind  be- 
ing at  that  time  much  dejected,  I  chofe 
to  ftay  on  board  the  vcfTel  until  next  morn- 
ing, when  I  went  on  fliore,  and  met  with 
my  companion,  who  had  agreed  with  a 
captain  of  a  veflel,  bound  for  Spanifli- 
town,  near  Tortola,  for  our  paflage  thi- 
ther, we  put  our  chefi:s  and  other  things 
on  board  this  veflel,  then  went  on  fliore, 
and  travelled  acrofs  the  ifland  on  foot  to 
Bas-end  harbour,  where  the  veflel  was  to 
go,  choofing  rather  fo  to  do,  than  to  go 
round  by  water  ;  in  our  walk  we  met  with 
people  that  were  kind  to  us  j  about  noon 

wc 


C     39     ] 

xve  called  at  a  houfe  and  dined,  and  were      1749. 
entertained  in  a  friendly  manner ;  taking 
leave  here,  we  went  on  towards  Bas-cnd, 
Hopping  at  another  houfe  fome  diftance 
from  the  town  for  a  drink  of  water,  the 
people  feeing  we  were  Grangers,  and  being 
acquainted  with  Friends,  kindly  invited 
us  in,    to  ftay  with  them  until  thevef- 
fel   came  round  to  the  harbour,  and  in- 
formed us  that  there  was  no  houfe  in  the 
town  fuitable  for  us  to  be  at,  which  I  found 
afterwards  was  true,    for  they  feemed  to 
be  a  very  v/icked  people.     We  ftaid  with 
thefe  kind  people  tv/o  nights  and  part  of 
two  days,  and  on  leaving  them  we  Vv^ould 
have  fatisfied  them  for  the  time  we  were 
there  ;  but  they  v/ould  not  take  any  thinj^ 
for  our   entertainment,  and  feemed  well 
pleafed  with  our  company  9  the  man  of  the 
houfe  attended  us  to  the  water  fide  to  fee 
us  embark  on  board  the  vefTel  we  had  been 
waiting  for,  v^here  he  parted  with  us  in 
a  friendly  manner :    I  waited  a  v/hile  011 
the  fhore  for  the  Captain  to  go  on   board,  * 
there  being  a  vendue,  and  a  great  number 
of  people  gathered  to  it,  among  them  the 
Governor  of  the  phce,  (being  an  iiland 
II  ^       fubjecT: 


[     40    ] 

i74«.  fubjecl  to  the  king  of  Denmark)  and  I 
havefmce  thought,  had  we  ufed  endea- 
vours, we  might  have  had  a  meeting  a- 
cioii.  niong  them,  and  I  have  wiilied  it  had  hap- 
pened fo.  for  1  have  at  times  been  deiirous 
in  a  folemn  manner  for  the  welfare  of  that 
people  ;  it  is  a  fruitful  iiland,  and  as  good 
land  I  think  as  any  I  faw  in  all  my  travels, 
could  it  be  inhabited  by  men  of  religious 
minds,  fo  as  to  be  fruitful  to  the  heaven- 
ly Father,  who  is  willing  to  do  good  to 
mankind  in  general ;  but  oh  !  the  illands 
hereaway,  how  great  and  many  are  the 
iins  of  the  people,  mournful  hath  been  my 
foul  for  their  many  abominations  ! 

Tortola.  •  W  E  fat  fail,  and  arrived  at  Tortola  on 
the  15th  of  the  ninth  month.  The  Cap- 
tain and  failors  were  a  wicked  company, 
took  fome  of  our  things  from  us,  and  de- 
manded confiderable  more  for  our  paffage 
than  we  had  agreed  for,  which  we  thought 
unreafonable  ;  but  they  faid  we  could  af- 
ford to  pay,  for  that  we  were  always  go- 
ing about ;  we  told  them  we  had  the  more 
need  to  be  faving  of  what  w^e  had  ;  they 
'  hoiilcd  out  the  boat  in  an  angry  manner, 

and 


C    41    J 

and  we  paid  them  more  than  our  pafTage      17.^9. 
to  put  us  on  ihore  ;  they  firfl  took  us  fome 
diflance  from  any  houfe,  and  then  landed 
us,    which  put  us  to  the  more  difficulty 
what  to  do  with  our  chefts,  and  other  ne- 
cefTaries,  that  they  might   be   fafe ;   but 
being  feen  by  one  Ifaac  Pickering  (a  kinf- 
man  to   our  Friend  John  Pickering)    he  Tortoia. 
fent  his  lad  to  afk  us  to  his  houfe,    w^here 
we  went,  and  he  was  fo  kind  as  to  fend 
for  our  things,  and  took  care  of  .them, 
and  lent  us  horfes  to  go  to  his  uncle's  that 
night,    where  we  were  kindly  received, 
and  tenderly  fympathized  with  on  the 
difappointment    and   trouble,     we     had 
met  with  ;  they  were  dear  and  afFeclionate 
Friends  to  us  on  this  ifland.     We  were  at 
a  meeting  at  Fat-hog  bay,  the  1 6th  of  the 
ninth  month,  and  on  the  fourth  day  fol- 
lowing, I  was  at  one  at  the  Road,  both  of 
them  were  good  meetings.     On  the  23d 
of  the  month,  I  was  taken  ill  of  a  fever  at 
the  houfe  of  our  Friend  Thomas  Hum- 
phreys, and  the  next  day  my  kind  Friend 
John  Pickering  brought  a  man  and  horfe 
and  took  me  to  his  houfe,  where  I  remain-  ' 
ed  very  ill  feveral  weeks,    and  fome  of  ' 
H  2  the 


\ 


C   42    ] 

,743,      the  time    I    apprehended    I  fliould  lay- 
down  my  Hfe  among  them  ;  but  it  was  the 
bleffed  will  of  the  Lord  to  reftore  me  again 
to  fom.e  degree  of  ftrength,  and  I  attended 
feveral  meetings  with  Friends,  wherein  I 
had  fatisfa<ftion5  and  on  the  8th  day  of  the 
eleventh  month,  I  went  to  Gwan  ifland, 
with  our  Friends   James  Parke  and  his 
wife,    and  ftaid  till  the  eleventh  of  the 
fame,   and    after   having    a  comfortable 
time  in  his  family,  I  returned  to  Tortola, 
it  being  the  meeting  day  at  Fat-hog  bay, 
and  it  proved  to  be  a  meeting  to  fatisfac- 
tion. 

A  F  T  E  R  a  folid  fitting  and  parting  with 
feveral  at  our  Friend  John  Pickering's,  on 
the  2  ill  of  this  month,  we  went  on  board 
a  veflel  bound  to  the  ifland  called  St.  Tho- 
Thomas's    m^s's  (belonging  to  the  Dutch)  accompa- 
nied by  our  faid  dear  Friend,  and  Thomas 
Humphreys,    Jonas    Lake,   and    Jofeph 
Piyan,  and  on  the  2 2d  landed  there,  and 
tmderftood  that  the  Captain  of  the  fliip, 
bound  for  Amflerdam,  in  which  we  were 
to  take  ourpallage,  in  order  to  get  to  Eng- 
land, was  very  ill.     We  lodged  at  John 

Dcmane's 


C    43    ] 

Demane's  one  night,  and  the  next  day  1748. 
went  on  board  the  veflel,  where  we  ftaid 
moftly  till  the  laft  day  of  the  month,  and 
our  dear  Friends  above-mentioned,  after 
feeing  us  placed  in  the  fhip,  parted 
with  us  in  a  tender,  loving  manner,  and 
my  heart  was  afFecled  in  parting  with 
them  :  In  the  time  we  lay  at  anchor,  the 
Captain  died,  and  the  chief  mate,  Robert 
Stewart,  was  appointed  Captain  in  his 
Head,  who  was  very  kind  to  us  in  the  ma- 
ny diftrefles  we  met  with  on  our  paiTage. 

Some  days  before  we  failed,  my  com- 
panion was  taken  iick,  which  fo  increafed, 
that  on  the  paiTage  he  feemed  near  unto 
death,  which  was  a  great  trial  and  exer- 
cife  to  me,  being  myfelf  weakly  and  fee- 
ble, for  we  were  companions  in  tribulati- 
on ;  but  thro'  the  mercy  of  the  Almigh- 
ty, he  recovered. 

A  F  T  E  R  we  had  been  three  weeks  and  At  fca. 
fome  days  at  fea,  a  great  ilorm  arofe,  which 
appeared  to  be  very  dangerous,  that  in 
order  to  lighten  the  veffel,   the   feamen  ' 
threw  out   feveral  weighty  things ;  after 

fome 


X?48. 


[  44  ] 
fome  weeks  we  got  into  foundings  in  the 
Englilli  channel,  and  were  in  hopes  to  be 
foon  faf  e  landed  at  fome  port  in  England  ; 
but  another  ftorm  arofe,  which  drove  us 
off  to  fea,  yet  in  eight  days  we  again  got 
foundings,  but  the  wind  being  againft  us, 
we  could  not  get  forward  to  our  expecta- 
tion, and  it  rather  fuiting  us  to  go  to  Ire- 
land, the  Captain  altered  his  courfe  for 
Kinfale  harbour,  as  the  veffel  wanted  re- 
pairs one  of  the  Rudder-irons  being  broke, 
made  it  difficult  to  fleer  the  veffel,  but  by 
endeavours,  they  managed  pretty  well, 
and  the  day  we  made  fail  for  that  land,  we 
got  in  fight  of  the  harbour,  but  night 
coming  on,  and  being  fearful  of  rocks 
and  flioals,  they  put  off  to  fea,  and  the 
weather  being  moderate  the  fore  part  of 
the  night,  the  feamen  were  too  carelefs 
and  did  not  keep  foflricl  a  watch  as  they 
ought  ;  but  the  Captain,  as  he  lay  in  his 
cabbin  had  fo  great  an  uneafinefs  on  his 
mind,  that  he  could  not  lay  flill  any  long- 
er, and  went  towards  the  head  of  the  vef- 
fel, and  found  that  inftead  of  being  out  at 
fea,  we  were  near  flriking  on  the  land, 
whereupon  he  immediately  awaked  the 

failors 


L     45     ] 

failors,  and  they  tacked  the  veflel  about,      1743. 
and  were  very  watchful  until  the  morn- 
ing, thus  we  efcaped  that  danger  ;  in  the  in  a  ftorm 


the 


land. 


morning  it  was  very  foggy,  andaitorma-  coaa'ofiie- 
rofe,  and  we  could  not  difcover  the  har 
bour,  but  were  driven  about  for  a  conii- 
derable  time,  they  threw  over  board  one 
anchor  ;  but  the  ftorm  continuihg  and 
the  weather  diftreiling,  we  were  drove  to- 
wards the  land,  and  the  feamen  being  al- 
moft  wearied  out,  apprehended  we  could 
not  keep  off  much  longer  ;  thus  we  were 
in  greac  diflrefs,  expelling  the  veiTei 
would  be  wrecked,  and  the  Captain  being 
much  furprifed,  came  to  my  companion 
and  me,  telling  us  he  would  do  what  he 
could.to  fave  our  lives,  for  that  we  were 
in  great  danger  of  being  loft,  and  he  ex- 
pected we  fhould  be  drove  on  the  fhore  in " 
the  nigKt,  if  we  kept  off  in  the  day,  and 
vv/as  deilrous  to  know  our  minds,  what  he* 
had  beft  to  do  ;  whether  to  run  the  fhip 
aground  while  we  had  day  Hght,  that  if  a- 
ny  of  our  lives  were  fpared,  we  could  the 
better  fee  how  to  help  ourfelves  5  we  not 
knowing  what  to  advile  him  for  the 
beft,  only  to  truftin  the  good  providence 

of 


C  a6  ] 

,74P.  of  God,  the  Captain  concluded  to  fletr 
towards  the  land  ;  the  cries  and  lamenta- 
tions of  the  people  were  great  for  mercy 
to  their  fouls,  apprehending  the  veflel 
might  be  foon  dafhed  to  pieces,  and  we 
might  fuddenly  lofe  our  lives  ;  but  I  had 
reafon  to  believe  that  the  Gracious  and 
Merciful  Being  was  pleafed  to  hear  our 
cries,  for  the  nearer  we  came  to  the  land 
the  fog  cleared  away,  and  they  efpied  a 
veffel,  which  as  we  approached  nearer,  we 
difcovered  was  laying  at  anchor  at  the 
mouth  of  Kinfale  harbour,  where  we 
wanted  to  be,  and  as  we  came  on  our  way. 
Arrives  fafe  the  liarbour  appeared  plain  ;  thus  through 
hlrtoilr!  ^  the  great  deliverance  of  the  Almighty,  we 
arrived  there  fafe,  and  dropt  anchor  ;  for 
this  his  merciful  prefervation,  cur  hearts 
had  great  caufe  to  be  humbly  bowed  before 
him,  and  the  Captain  came  to  me,  fay- 
ing, "  Nozu  if  you  have  it  i?2  your  heart  to 
''  return  God  thanks^  I  will  join  ivith  you  on 
"  my  bare  knees  "  and  "  if  it  had  not  been 
*'  y^r  your  prayers^  we  fJjould  all  have  been 
*'  lofl ;"  but  I  afcribed  this  great  deliver- 
ance to  the  kind  mercy  of  Divine  Provi- 
dence to  US  all  j  altho'  I  can  trul)^  fay,  my 

foul 


[    47    ] 

Toiil  was  earned  in  fupplication  before  die  X749. 
Lord  at  times  on  this  trying  pafiage,  and 
at  one  particular  feafon,  as  I  lay  in  my 
cabbin,  not  knowing  but  that  Vv^e  might  be 
fwallowed  up  in  the  mighty  ocean,  the 
fpirit  of  prayer  came  on  me,  and  I  v.as 
raifed  on  my  knees  to  make  interceiHoa 
with  the  All-powerful  Being,  after  which 
I  went  upon  the  deck,  and  the  Captaiii 
feeing  me,  expreffed  in  a  very  loving 
manner  his  unity  and  fatisfa6lion,  and  I 
thought  that  the  fame  good  power  and 
prefence  which  attended  my  mind,  had 
fome  reach  upon  his  heart. 

Oh!  in  this  trying  paiTage,  how  often 
"did  my  foul  go  down  into  many  difcou- 
ragements,  but  I  was  helped  through  all, 
to  rely  on  God's  mercy,  and  on  a  time  I 
took  the  blefled  Bible  into  my  hands,  and 
it  was  as  if  my  eyes  were  call  on  that  paf- 
fage  in  the  prophet  Ifaiah,  xliv.  i,  3,  2. 
where  it  is  laid  ;  "  Nc^ju  hear^  0  Jacob  my 
^'' fervant^  and  Ifrael  ivbom  I  have  cbofen  : 
"  Thus  faith  the  Lord  that  made  thce^  and 
*'  fermed  thee  from,  the  womb^  which  will  help 
^^  thee  ;  Fear  ?ict,  O  Jacob  ?}iy  fervant.,  and 
I  "  thou^ 


L   48   ] 

'*  thou^  Jefurun^  whom  I  have  chofen  ;  For 
"  /  will  pour  water  upon  htm  that  is  thirjl% 
*'  and  floods  upon  the  dry  ground :  I  will  pour 
*'  myfpirit  upon  thy  feed ^  and  my  hleffing  upon 
"  thine  offspring^*  This  gracious  blefling 
of  the  Lord  to  his  fervants  and  chofen 
ones,  was  a  comfort  to  me,  and  in  his 
great  condefceniion  he  fulfilled  his  pro- 
mife  to  help  in  the  needful  time* 


tanding 


C    49    ] 


Landing  at  Kinfale  in  Ireland  ; — His  Travels 
and  Labours  in  that  Ki?7gdom  ;  alfo  in  Eng- 
land and  Scotland,  to  the  Time  of  return- 
ing  Home, 

IT  was  on  the  24th  day  of  the  ^rft 
month,  1749,  in  the  evening,  that 
we  came  to  an  anchor,  in  this  lafe 
harbour  of  Kinfale — when  the  oilicers  and 
people  from  the  town,  came  on  board  to 
fee  what  we  had  in  our  veffel,  fome  of 
whom  ftaid  all  night,  and  my  companion 
and  I  were  confined  to  the  hearing  of  their 
noify  converfation,  until  the  next  morn- 
ing, fo  that  we  g'ot  but  little  reft,  and 
had  very  little  for  feveral  nights  and  days 
before  ;  the  Captain  being  gone  on  fhore, 
returned  the  next  day,  and  a  civil  man 
with  him,  who  mentioned  the  names  of 
feveral  Friends  that  had  vifited  that  town, 
fome  of  whom  had  come  from  America, 
which  Vv^as  pleaiing  to  nie  to  hear  of  ;  they 
having  left  their  home  a  little  before  me, ' 
and  had  been  travelling  in  the  fervice  of 
I  2  truth* 


1749. 

Ireland. 


r  50  J 

tj^^^.  truth.  When  this  friendly  man  rctnrnecf 
on  fhore,  we  went  with  him  to  his  houfe, 
being  an  inn  j  where  we  were  civilly  en- 
tertained, he  took  care  of  our  chefts  and 
cloathing,  and  provided  us  with  horfes, 
and  a  guid  to  conduct  us  to  Cork,  being 
i^bout  ten  miles  ;  when  we  got  there,  be- 
ing ftrangers,  we  were  at  a  lofs  to  find  our 
Friends ;  we  alighted  at  a  public-houfe, 
and  went  in  and  got  fome  refreihment ; 
my  companion  inquired  of  a  man  in  the 
houfe  after  our  Friends  in  the  town,  who 
anfwered,  that  there  were  a  great  many  of 
the  brethren  lived  there  ;  he  was  defired 
to  go  to  one  of  them,  and  inform  him  that 
we  wanted  to  fpeak  with  him  ;  in  a  fliort 
time  he  brought  one  of  our  Friends,  nam- 
ed Richard  Allen,  at  the  fight  of  whom  I 
\Tas  well  pleafed,  and  he  lovingly  took  us 
to  his  houfe,  where  foon  after  came  A- 
traham  Fuller,  and  another  Friend,  w^ho 
alked  for  our  certificates,  which  they 
read  and  were  fatisfied ;  our  Friend  A-r 
braham  Fuller  inviting  us  to  his  houfe,  we 
went  with  him,  #nd  made  it  our  home, 
while  I  flaid  in  Cork  ;  w^e  were  favoured 
that  evening  with  the  company  of  feveral 

Friends^ 


[     SI     ] 

Friends,  which  I  cfleemed  a  great  mercy 
from  the  Lord,  that  after  being  delivered 
from  fo  many  imminent  dangers,  we 
could  be  with  fo  kind  a  people  as  they 
were  to  us ;  the  next  day  being  the  firfl 
of  the  week,  I  was  at  two  meetings  with 
Friends  in  that  city,  and  my  companion 
at  one  of  them,  which  I  hope  will  be  re- 
membered by  both  of  us. 

Being  brought  unexpectedly  and  pro- 
videntially to  this  land,  I  much  defired 
that  I  might  proceed  aright  in  the  courfe 
of  rny  religious  fervice,  for  when  on  our 
paflage,  I  expeclcd  to  land  in  England, 
and  meeting  with  many  trials  of  my  faith, 
and  deep  fufferings  in  the  Weft-India  if- 
lands,  as  alfo  at  fea,  I  was  ready  to  fear 
whether  my  prefent  undertaking  was  from 
a  right  motion,  or  required  of  me  to  en- 
gage in,  thinking  that  if  I  got  fafe  to 
England,  and  faw  fome  Friends  there, 
and  could  meet  with  an  opportunity  to 
return  home,  whether  I  had  not  beft  fo 
to  do,  not  knowing  that  my  lot  would  be 
caft  in  Ireland  ;  but  Divine  Wifdom  or- 
dering every  thing  that  is  ccnlillent  with 

Ilia 


x7+«^ 


At  Cork. 


«74P' 


i:  52  ] 

his  Will  for  the  beft,   I  was  made  willing 
to  vifit  Friends  of  this  nation,  and  from 
Cork,  I  went  to  Bandon  with  my  compa- 
nion, where  we  had  a  large  comfortable 
meeting,  being   many  people   there    be- 
fides  thofe  of  our  religious  fociety  ;  then 
returned  to    Cork,  w^here  I  ftaid  feveral 
meetings  ;  leaving  my  companion  in  this 
city,  he  being  deiirous  to  go  home  from 
thence,    I  proceeded  on  my  journeys,  iirfl 
went  to    Youghall,    and    was   favoured 
with  a  good  meeting,  after  that  to  Kill- 
common,  and  had  a  meeting ;  from  thence 
toCafliall  meeting,  which  was  pretty  large, 
and  I  hope    to   fatisfacftion  ;  I  lodged  at 
Solomon  V/atfon's,  who  accompanied  me 
to  Clonmel,  where  I  was  at  two  meetings, 
which  I  hope  were  of  fome  fervice  to  ftir 
up  the  pure  mind  in  thofe  who  attended 
them ;  from  this   place  travelling  twenty 
miles,  in  a  great  deal  of  rain,  I  reached  Wa- 
Watcrfoid.  ^gj-ford,  w^hcremy  kiudFrieudslfaac  Jacobs 
and  his  wife,  received  me  in  a  loving,  ten- 
der manner,  which  was  a  comfort  to  me 
at  that  time,  fori  had  been  travelling  in  the 
deeps  both   inwardly  and  outw^ardly,  be- 
ing alone  as  to  an  outward  com.panion, 

(except 


I    53     3 

(except  the  perfon  whq^was  my  guide)  jy^j^, 
looking  upon  myfelf  as  a  pilgrim  and 
ftrangerin  a  flrangeland ;  but  the  Almigh- 
ty helped  me,  praifed  be  his  worthy  name; 
•we  had  a  good  meeting  at  Waterford, 
from  thence  I  went  to  Rofs,  at  which  meet-  Rofs, 
ingthe  wicked  were  warned  of  their  wick- 
ednefs  ;  the  next  day  I  had  a  meeting  at 
Lambftown,  in  which  I  was  favoured  with 
my  good  mafter's  prefence,  and  it  was  to 
edification  and  comfort ;  from  this  place 
I  went  to  Wexford,  where  the  meeting  ^^-  , 
ended  to  fatisfadion  ;  from  thence  to  Jo- 
feph  Williams's  and  lodged,  and  to  the 
meeting  at  Cooladine,  and  in  the  evening  cooiadinc, 
had  a  meeting  at  the  widow  Stephens's 
both  of  them  being  comfortable  feafons  : 
I  then  went  to  John  Wright's,  and  Henry 
Herrit's,  and  to  Billicane,  having  meet- 
ings to  good  fatisfaclion  ;  after  which  in 
company  with  feveral  Friends,  I  went  to 
Dublin,    and  attended   the   Half- Year's  ^  ^„ 

^  ^  DubliB, 

meeting,  which  was  large,  being  there  ma- 
ny choice  Friends,  whom  I  was  glad  to 
fee,  and  the  good  prefence  and  kindnefs, 
of  our  dear  Lord  being  witneffed  and  en- 
joyed, both  in  the  meetings  for  worfliip, 

and 


t    54    ] 

,^^p.  and  the  difciplin%  made  it  a  comfortable 
time  tome,  not  having  ieen  fuch  a  meet- 
ing iince  I  left  my  native  land,  and  the 
kindnefs  and  iriendihip  that  appeared  a- 
mong  Friends  at  this  meeting  I  have  of- 
ten remembred  vv^ith  comfort  of  mind, 
and  the  near  unity  I  felt  in  my  heart  to  a 
remnant  among  them,  tended  to  the  re- 
newing of  my  ftrength  and  willingnefs  to 
vifit  Friends  generally  in  that  nation  ;  and 
my  journey  being  laid  out  by  Friends,  that 
I  might  proceed  for  the  beft,  in  refpecl  to 
travelling,  I  went  from  my  kind  land- 
lord's, Peter  Judd,  feveral  miles  to  a 
meeting,  and  to  Killconnor,  and  was  at 
a  meeting  there,  which  altho*  they  were! 
hard  faffering  times,  I  hope  wereoffome 
fervice  to  the  foiid  minded  ;  1  had  here  a 
tendering  time  in  the  family  of  Samuel 
Watfon,  his  dear  wife  having  vifited  A- 
merica,  I  had  feen  her  in  my  native  land  ; 
llie  was  a  worthy  and  ferviceable  inftru- 
ment  in  the  Lord's  hand  to  many  I  believe 
where  her  lot  was  cafl  ;  from  hence  I  went 
to  Cariow,  where  the  meeting  was  to  me 
laborious;  then  to  John  Lakes,  Balitore, 
Athlone,  andMountmelick,  fome  of  which 

meetings 


C    55    ] 

meeting?  were  comfortable  fatisfaclory  174?, 
feafons  ;  at  Mountmclick,  I  lodged  at 
Jofhua  Strangman's,  with  whom  I  had 
great  nearnefs  in  fpint,  and  thought  hini 
to  be  a  hopeful  young  man  in  the  way  of 
truth,  and  my  foul  pofTefTed  fweet  peace 
under  his  roof;  from  hence  T  went  to 
Baliinakill,  Mountrath,  Munderhead,  and 
Rofegay,  and  had  meetings,  fome  of 
them  being  large  and  edifying  feafons, 
gave  relief  to  the  deep  travel  of  my  foul 
among  them,  the  bleffed  power  of  Truth, 
which  is  the  crown  cf  our  religious  meet- 
ings, tenderly  afFeccing  our  hearts  before 
the  Lord  ;  I  then  went  to  Limerick,  and 
was  at  their  meeting^  in  the  morning:  and 
afternoon,  to  fatisfaclion  ;  from  thence 
to  Jonathan  Barnes,  and  was  at  a  meeting 
at  Killcommon-moor,  the  fore  part  of 
which  was  to  me  a  time  of  great  leannefs 
and  poverty  of  fpirit,  but  before  it  ended, 
was  I  believe  a  time  of  tender  vifitation  to 
the  people  ;  and  I  was  enabled  through 
Divine  Help,  to  declare  the  word  of  life 
among  them;  from  thence  I  went  to  Burr, 
and  was  at  a  folid  broken  meeting,  which  * 
was  a  comfortable  feafon  ;  then  to  Wil- 
K  liana 


i745. 


L    5^    J 

liara  LltfaH's,  and  Ballymorin,  and  liad 
meetings  ;  fo  returned  to  Atlilonc,  called 
the  center  of  Ireland,  and  lodged  at  Wil- 
liam Sproui's,  an  anticnt  loving  Friend, 
who  not  only  appeared  to  be,  but  I  believe 
really  was  an  example  in  the  way  of  truth 
in  that  place,  and  had  a  lafiing  remem- 
brance in  my  mind  ;  from  thence  I  went 
to  the  Moat,  and  Old  Caftle,  at  the  lafl 
place  there  came  to  the  meeting  a  prieft, 
and  a  pretty  many  people,  who  behaved 
foberiy,  and  I  hope  it  was  a  good  meet- 
ing ;  the  next  meeting  was  Ballahays, 
which  v.-as  fmall,  and  the  comers  to  it 
feemed  to  be  but  indifTerent  profefTors  of 
the  truth,  v/hich  was  caufe  of  forrow  to 
my  heart ;  but  having  cleared  my felf,  I 
proceeded  to  Coothill,  and  had  a  meeting 
to  which  feveral  cam^e,  and  behaved  fober- 
iy ;  the  next  v/as  Caihelmane,  v/hich  Vv'as 
to  fatisfaclion  and  comfort ;  from  thence 
to  Charlemont,  which  was  a  large  m^eeting, 
and  I  had  hard  labour  to  difcharge  my 
duty  among  themi ;  here  came  a  man  and 
woman,  Vvho  had  been  troublefome  to 
Friends,  in  offering  thier  intentions  of  mar- 
riage, who  could  not  have  unity  with 

their 


C,  si  ] 

their  proceedings,  he  not  being  a  member  174^. 
of  our  religious  fociety,  and  a  diforderly 
perfon,  but  at  the  conclufion  of  the 
meeting,  they  took  each  other  as  man  and 
wife,  which  impolition  occalioned  the 
meeting  to  break  up  in  diibrder ;  from 
hence  I  went  to  Ballyhagan,  which  was  a 
a  large  and  edifying  meeting,  and  fo  to 
Colerain,  Bally  nacre,  the  Grange,  and  ■ 
Antrim,  and  had  meetings,  which  w^ere 
moftly  hard  fuffering  times,  and  the  com- 
ers to  thofe  meetings,  I  w\as  afraid  were 
feveral  of  them,  but  lifelefs  profeffors  of  re- 
ligion :  I  had  the  next  meeting  at  Hilf- 
borough,  at  which  were  many  Friends, 
and  it  tended  to  fatisfaciion  ;  that  fam.e 
day  I  had  a  good  meeting  at  LifDurn,  from 
thence  I  paffed  through  B  elf  ail  to  New-  Bdfaft. 
town,  where  came  fome  who  behaved 
rudely,  and  the  meeting  was  not  fo  w^ell 
as  could  be  deiired  ;  the  next  was  Ballene- 
derry,  w^hich  was  very  large,  and  the 
Lord's  good  prefence  being  with  us,  the 
hearts  of  the  faithful  for  his  many  mercies 
had  caufe  to  give  thankfgivings  and 
praifes  to  his  mofl:  worthy  name;  after, 
this  meeting  I  had  a  near  parting  time  at 
K  2  John 


C   58   ] 

,749.      John  Murrows,  with  many  dear  Friends, 
v/ho  came  to  take  their  leave  of  me  ;  from 
thence  I  went  to  MonalHn  ^nd  Lurgan, 
iind  had  meetings,  and  to  that  at  the  lail 
place   came  many  perfons  of  great   note, 
and  behaved  extraordinary  fober,   and  we 
were  favoured  v/ith  a  good  meeting  ;  the 
next     was     at   Rafer-illand,     to     which 
iilfo  came  fome  not  of  our  fociety,  who 
confeiTed  to  the  truth  of  what  i  .     ""  ♦:o  de- 
clare among  them,  and  parted  with  me  in 
love.— I  went  feveral  miles  that  afternoon, 
and  lod2:edat  Dundalk  at  an  inn ;  the  next 
day  and  part  of  the  night  I  travelled  forty- 
miles,  fome  of  the  way  in  a  great  deal  of 
pain,  and   in  a  wet  tired  condition,    to 
Edenderry  where  I  v.as  received  at  John 
Pirn's,  in  a  loving,    kind  manner ;  I  at- 
tended their  meetings  on  theiirftday  in  the 
forenoon  and  afternoon,  which  Vv  ere  large 
and  1  hope  in  the  main,     good  meetings, 
the  next  were  at  llathangen,   and  Tima- 
hoe,  which  werecom.fortable  ;  from  thence 
Dublin.       I  went  to  Dublin,  and  lodged  at  my  dear 
Friend  Peter  Judd's,  and   was  in  and  a- 
bout  Dublin  nine  days,  and  at  feveral  good 
living  meetings  anicng  Friends  in  that  ci- 
ty > 


[    59    ] 

ty  ;  and  there  being  a  remnant  of  dear  174^ 
Friends  in  fomc  part  of  that  nation,  I  had 
comfort  of  mind,  in  going  to  fee  and  viiit 
them  in  the  love  of  God  ;  and  it  being  his 
blefl'ed  will  to  caft  my  lot  in  that  part  of 
the  world,  1  faithfully  laboured  to  dif- 
charge  my  duty  in  his  fear,  both  to  Friends 
and  other  people,  that  had  freedom  to  come 
to  our  religious  meetings,  and  feveral  ap- 
peared to  be  reached  by  the  power  of  truth, 
who  did  not  make  profeflion  among  us. 

On  the  29th  of  the  fourth  month:  I  Ej^,|^^j.ks 
embarked  for  England,  accompanied  by  f^r  t^ng- 
feveral  Friends  on  board  the  vefrel5where  we 
parted  in  tender  love,  and  on  the  firfl  day 
of  the  fifth  month,  I  landed  at  Whiteha-  Arrives  at 
ven,    altogether  a  flranger,  and  no  out-    '"'^'■'^*^ 
ward  companion,  which  to  me  was  lonely 
in  a  flrange  land  ;   but  the  Almighty  was 
in  his  mercy  and  goodnefs  near  to  me,  to 
be  my  comforter,  and  I  had  great  caufe  to 
bow  with  a  bended  heart  in  deep  thank- 
fulnefs   before   him,    for   his  wonderful 
providence  and  many  helps  and  deliver- 
ances :   I  enquired  the  way  to  Daniel  Ste- 
phenfon's,   by  whom  1  ^^'as  lovingly  re- 
ceived 


\en. 


1749'  ceived,  and  kindly  entertained  ;  the  next 
At  White-  day  being  the  firfl  day  of  the  week,  I  was 
at  two  meetings  with  Friends  at  White- 
haven, which  I  have  often  remembered. 
My  way  being  laid  out  to  vifit  Friends  in 
Cumberland,  I  went  forward  the  3d  of 
the  fifth  month,  on  my  way  to  Cocker- 
mouth,  and  in  travelling  on  the  road  my 
mind  was  much  thoughtful,  not  know- 
ing that  I  fhould  meet  with  any  one  to  be 
a  comfort  to  me,  when  not  far  from  the 
town  to  which  I  was  going,  I  met  with  two 
Friends,  at  firft  fight  I  did  not  know  either 
of  them,  but  one  of  them  fpeaking  to  me, 
I  found  it  to  be  Chriflopher  Wilfon,  at 
•which  my  heart  was  much  rejoiced,  he 
being  a  Friend  who  had  travelled  among 
"US,  in  the  work  of  the  miniftry  in  America, 
and  I  had  feen  in  Philadelphia  ;  the  meet- 
ing to  v/hich  I  intended,  not  being  to  be 
held  till  the  next  day,  I  turned  back  with 
him  to  his  houfe  ;  where  we  had  near  con- 
verfation  together  in  the  Jove  of  truth  j 
the  next  day  he  accompanied  me  to  the 
meeting  appointed,  which  was  a  folid 
time  ;  the  day  following  I  v/ent  to  Jzel, 
and  had  a  meeting  with  the  few  Friends 

therCj 


[     6i     ] 

there,  and  altho'  fmall  it  was  a  folid  meet-  174^ 
ing ;  after  that,  I  was  at  Pardfaw-hall, 
which  was  a  Sfood  meetinc:,  £0  to  BrouQ:h- 
ton,  and  had  comfort  of  mind  among 
Fri|:nds  thereaway.  I  then  returned  to 
Pardfaw-hall  again,  and  on  the  lirft  day  of 
the  week  the  meeting  was  very  large,  and 
the  good  prefence  of  God  attending  the 
fame,  made  it  an  humbling  comifortable 
feafon  ;  the  fame  day  I  was  at  a  large  meet- 
ing, near  Chriftopher  Wilfon's,  which 
ended  well ;  from  thence  was  at  Kefwick, 
tho'  fmall  a  good  meeting,  fo  to  Mofdale 
and  had  a  large  fatisfacliory  meeting,  alfo 
at  Colbeck,  Bolton,  and  Wigtcn,  fome  of 
which  v/ere  large,  and  I  hope  tended  to 
edification  and  comfort ;  from  thence  I 
went  to  Allanby,  and  Holm,  and  had 
large  m.eetings,  in  which  the  power  of 
truth  prevailed  in  a  good  degree,  the  next 
was  at  Kirkbride,  in  which  I  had  hard 
fervice,  and  a  clofe  teftimony  to  the  un- 
concerned in  the  way  of  truth,  which  I 
left  to  their  conlideration  ;  from  thence  I 
went  to  Jonathan  Adcll's,  who  and  his 
wife  were  choice  antient  Friends,  my  * 
fcay  at  their  houfe,  and  being  with  fuch 

dear 


[     6i     ] 

I74P.  dear  Friends,  afforded  me  at  that  time  re- 
newed comfort  of  mind  ;  for  altho'  the 
Lord  was  gracious  in  fome  places  power- 
fully to  afliil:  my  poor  fpirit  to  difcharge 
my  duty,  yet  at  timics  I  met  Vvith  cjpfe 
fufFerings  and  bemoanings,  for  the  arifmg 
of  the  Divine  Spring  of  life,  both  in  my- 
felf  and  others ;  I  went  to  Carlifle  from 
thence,  and  fo  back  to  Moor-houfe  meet- 
ing, then  to  Scotby,  Kiiklington,  and  a 
meeting  that  John  Irwen  and  his  wife  be- 
longed to,  who  were  bothantient  Friends, 
and  1  believe  had  been  of  fervice  in  the 
work  of  the  miniftry  ;  and  altho'  fome  of 
thofe  meetings  w-ere  trying  times,  and 
attended  with  hard  labour,  I  truft  that  I 
was  clear  in  the  fight  of  God  in  endea- 
vouring to  be  faithful  to  what  I  appre- 
hended to  be  my  duty. 

Northiim-  From  Cumberland,  I  went  into  Nor- 
thumberland,  and  the  firitmeetmg  I  was 
at,  was  Cuthbert  Wigham's,  where  was 
a  confiderable  number  of  newly  convin- 
ced Friends,  which  was  a  comfortable  and 
contrited  meeting  before  the  Lord  ;  from 
thence  I  w^ent  to  Weft- AUandale,  to  a  large 

meeting, 


[  ^3  ] 
meeting,  which  was  pov/erfully  reached  174^. 
with  the  fenfe  of  the  love  of  God ;  the 
next  meeting  was  at  AlRon-moor,  which 
tho' not  very  large,  Ihope  might  tend  to 
the  benefit  of  fome  ;  then  Penrith,  Terril, 
and  Strickland  meetings,  fome  of  which 
were  to  fatisfaction,  and  I  met  with  a  kind 
reception,  and  had  near  unity  wit;hmany 
dear  Friends  in  divers  places. 

From  Strickland,  I  went  to  Kendal, 
in  Weflmoreland,  to  my  dear  Friend  We«- 
John  Crowdfon's,  where  I  ftaid  fome  days 
and  refted  as  to  travelling  ;  but  attended 
pretty  many  meetings  in  Kendal,  to  which 
belonged  many  worthy  Friends,  who  were 
extraordinary  kind  and  friendly,  which 
I  efteemed  a  favour,  yet  at  that  time,  I 
was  in  a  very  low  lituation  of  mind,  much 
overwhelmed  with  many  inward  forrows, 
and  conflicts  of  foul ;  but  was  intent  to  do 
the  bed  I  could  to  get  through  what  might 
fall  to  my  lot  at  fo  great  a  diftance  from 
my  outward  habitation,  truRing  in  the 
Almighty  hand  of  the  Lord,  who  alone 
knew  my  diilrelTed  condition,  a  ad  to  - 
whom  I  put  forth  my  cries  and  fecret  ad- 
L  dreiTes 


[    ^4    1 

f  74!>.  dreffes  for  relief ;  dominion  and  everlafting 
fraife  be  rendered  to  him  for  evermore  !  in 
the  courfe  of  what  he  was  pleafcd  to  lay 
upon  my  mind  to  fay  in  meetings  by  way 
of  teilimony,  he  was  alfo  pleafed  to  be 
gracious  in  appearing  to  open  my  way  in 
the  caufe  I  had  at  heart,  w^hich  was  the 
promotion  of  welldoing,  and  the  good  of 
mankind  here  and  hereafter ;  at  this 
place  meetings  were  large,  and  I  hope 
blefled  with  the  notice  of  heaven  ;  to  this 
Kcndak  meeting  belonged  Margaret  Coupland, 
who  had  viiited  our  parts,  was  an  exem- 
plary folid  Friend,  and  retained  the  lively 
fenle  of  truth  ;  while  I  was  here,  I  receiv- 
ed a  letter  from  my  kind  Friend  Ifrael 
Pemberton  the  younger,  giving  me  fome 
account  of  my  dear  children  and  Friends 
at  home,  which  was  very  acceptable  to 
me  ;  this  dear  Friend's  worthy  father  be- 
ing a  bright  pattern  and  elder  in  the  church 
of  Chrift,  given  to  hofpitality  and  good 
■works,  the  near  unity  I  had  with  him  in 
fpirit  gave  me  much  comfort  and  fatisfac- 
tion  of  mind,  as  he  was  brought  frequent- 
ly to  my  remembrance  in  this  journey. 
On  account  of  my  children,  1  had  been 

oftea 


C  ^5  ] 
often  concerned,  and  dropped  many  tears  174^. 
foj  their  cvcrlading  welfare,  the)'-  being 
very  near  to  my  life  ;  Oh  how  I  much  de- 
fired  th^t  they  might  choole  the  Lord  for 
their  portion,  and  the  God  of  Jacob,  hisblef- 
iing  for  the  lot  of  their  inheritance  !  then 
Itrufted  that  he  would  be  pieafed  to  be  a 
fure  Friend  to  them  as  they  kept  in  his 
holy  fear  and  council. 

From  Kendal  I  went  to  Grayrig,  which 
was  a  folid  tender  broken  meeting,  alfo  to 
Preilon  Patrick,  Winderm.ere,  and  Hawk- 
lide,  which  meetings  v/ere  to  fatisfaclion, 
and  ended  well ;  from  thence  to  Hight 
meeting,  in  Lancafhire,  which  afforded 
fome  comfort  to  my  mJnd,  the  next  was 
at  Swarth-moor-hall,  w^here  Geors^e  Fox  ^ 
belonged  in  his  time,  which  was  a  large 
and  a  good  meeting,  from  thence  I  went 
to  Lancafter,  and  was  at  two  meetings  on 
the  firfl  day  of  the  w^eek,  which  were 
large  and  comfortable,  here  lived  Lydia 
Lancafler,  and  Elizabeth  Rawlinfon,  both 
\vorthy  Friends  who  had  vifited  America, 
and  in  one  of  thole  meetings,  they  both  . 
appeared  in  a  living  teiliraony  for  the 
L  2  Lord 


I    66    2 

i74P.  Lord  in  their  advanced  age,  and  it  did 
me  good  to  perceive  that  they  were  alive 
in  the  root  of  hfe ;  at  this  meeting  was 
William  Thomas,  a  miniftring  Friend 
from  Tortola,  lately  landed  ;  I  went  that 
day  home  with  William  Backhonfe,  a 
Friend  who  had  vifited  America  in  the 
work  of  the  miniilry,  he  received  me  ve- 
ry kindly  and  lovingly  in  his  houfe  ;  the 
next  day  I  was  at  Ycllan  meeting,  which 
was  to  fatisfaflion  ;  then  to  Bentham, 
which  was  a  large  meeting,  and  attended 
with  the  foiid  power  of  truth,  from  thence 
to  Dent,  in  Vv^hich  meeting  the  fpring  of 
life  was  opened  among  us,  to  the  comfort 
of  the  fincere  in  heart,  to  this  meeting 
belonged  John  Burton,  who  had  vifited 
our  parts,  a  dear  Friend  I  was  glad  to  fee, 
having  fcen  him  in  my  native  land  ;  the 
next  meetings  were  Brigflats,  and  Raven- 
itondale,  which  I  hope  tended  to  edifica- 
tion ;  to  the  laft  belonged  Alice  Alderfon, 
a  worthy  inftrument,  who  had  travelled 
in  America  on  the  Lord's  errand,  and  was 
truly  acceptable  in  her  religious  vifit  ; 
from  thence  I  went  to  Grifedale,  and  was 
at  a  large  living  meeting,  the  next  was  at 

Counterfet, 


[     ^7     J 

Gounterfet,  which  was  large  and  folid  ;  ,j^g, 
from  thence  I  went  to  Swale-dale,  Auf- 
garth,  Richmond,  and  another  meeting  in 
my  way  to  Ilaby,  fome  of  which  meetings 
were  fatisfadlory  folid  feafons ;  at  Ilaby,  I 
met  with  feveral  worthy  Friends,  who  I 
found  in  converfation  to  be  true  help- 
mates to  me,  particularly  James  Wilfon 
and  Jofeph  Taylor  ;  I  had  feen  Jofeph  in 
Philadelphia,  when  on  his  religious  vifit 
to  our  country,  and  it  was  a  pleafure  and 
comfort  now  to  fee  him  in  his  own  habita- 
tion ;  from  this  place,  I  went  to  Biihop- 
Auckland5Durham,Benfieldfide,andNew-  i^^A^t^ 

county. 

Caftle  upon  Tyne,  which  meetings  were 
moflly  hard  laborious  times  to  my  baptiz- 
ed fpirit  J  then  to  Shields,  Sunderland, 
Shotton,  and  Darlington,  the  opportuni- 
ties with  Friends  therea\vay,  being  moft- 
ly  comfortable ;  after  thefe  meetings  I 
went  to  Stockton,  Gifborough,  Yalton, 
and  Caftletown,  where  I  had  meetings, 
fom.e  of  which  were  to  fatisfadlion  ;  after 
this  I  went  to  that  dear  antient  Friend, 
John  Richardfon's,  he  had  been  twice  to 
America  on  religious  vifits,  and  had  taken 
much  pains  in  his  day  and  time,  f§r  the 

fpr^ading 


C     68     ] 

):74<?.  fpreading  and  promoting  the  gofpel  of 
peace  and  falvation  in  the  earth,  and  al- 
tho'  he  was  antient  and  feeble  in  body,  he 
was  frefli  and  green  in  the  hfe  of  religion, 
and  my  heart  was  refrelhed,  in  the  unity 
and  fellowfliip  of  Divine  life,  in  being  in 
his  company ;  I  lodged  here,  and  the 
next  day  went  to  the  meeting  at  Kirby- 
moor-lide,  to  which  he  belonged,  which 
was  a  folid  good  meeting,  from  hence  to 
Ampwelford,  Rilfdale,  Thirfk  and  Kirby, 
fome  of  which  were  weighty  foHd  meet- 
ings, and  the  humble  in  heart  were  con- 
trited  therein ;  then  to  the  Quarterly- 
Xorkfliire.  Meeting  at  York,  which  held  feveral  days 
for  worihip  and  the  difcipline  of  the 
church,  was  very  large  and  attended  by 
many  folid  Friends  from  their  particular 
meetings,  near  unity  and  gofpel  feilow- 
Ihip  being  in  a  good  degree  manifefted, 
this  opportunity  begat  an  agreeable 
acquaintance  with  many  Friends  whom  I 
afterwards  found  to  be  very  friendly  and 
kind  to  me,  as  I  went  forward  on  my  jour- 
ney. From  this  city  I  went  to  Thornton, 
Molton,  Pickering,  Witby,  Stanton, 
Scarliproughj  and  was  at  meetings,  feveral 

■      of 


[  <?9  1 
of  them  being  large,  and  edifying; — I 
was  next  at  Bridlington,  to  which  meet- 
ing came  a  pretty  many  people,  but  it 
was  a  time  of  hard  labour,  this  meeting 
being  declined  from  what  it  had  been  for- 
merly, according  to  the  account  I  had  of 
it,  and  the  few  Friends  left,  did  not  live 
in  that  unity  I  could  have  been  glad  to 
have  found  among  them  ;  to  this  meeting 
once  belonged  Margaret  Langdale,  who 
came  to  Philadelphia,  and  was  afterwards 
the  wife  of  our  worthy  Friend  Samuel 
Preilon,  late  of  that  city,  her  labours  a- 
mong  Friends  in  the  work  of  the  miniftry 
were  of  great  fervice  in  her  time. 

From  Bridlington  I  came  toHornfey, 
and  to  two  other  places,  and  fo  to  Hull, 
having  meetings,  fome  of  which  were 
large,  being  attended  both  by  Friends  and 
other  people,  and  the  Divine  Prefence  of 
the  Almighty  being  over  all,  they  ended 
togoodfatisfaclion.  From  Hull  I  went 
to  a  meeting  in  my  way  to  Cave-holden, 
Pontifracl,  RawcHfF,  and  Thorn,  to  which 
meetings  I  travelled  in  great  afHiclion  of 
body,    and   much  confiicT:  of  fpirit,    on 

account 


iji^ 


«74P. 


C     70     ]       , 

account  of  great  befetments  that  fell  to  my 
lot  in  the  courfe  of  my  travels,  and  the 
work  and  warfare  that  I  honeftly  labornxd 
in,  having  left  all  that  was  near  and  dear 
to  me  as  a  creatm^Cj  on  account  of  the 
bleffed  truth  ;  that  had  not  the  All-power- 
ful Aid  helped  me,  to  look  to  him  in 
whom  everlailing  flrength  is,  I  had  faint- 
ed ;  but  dominion  and  praife  to  him  for- 
ever, his  flrength  was  made  perfect  in  my 
great  weaknefs  1  and  in  thofe  meetings  I 
was  enabled  to  bear  a  teftimony  to  his  Al- 
mighty name,  altho'  out  of  meetings 
greatly  befet  -,  yet  keeping  my  confidence 
in' God,  he  was  pleafed  in  his  great  mercy 
to  cafl  up  a  way  for  my  help  and  deliver- 
ance ! 

From  Thorn,  I  v/ent  to  my  dear 
Friend  Jofeph  Atkinfon's  at  RawclifFj 
who  and  his  wife  were  as  tender  towards 
me  as  if  I  had  been  one  of  their  own  fami- 
ly ;  after  fome  flay  with  thefe  my  loving 
Friends,  I  got  better  in  healthy  and  the 
motion  of  life  and  love  increaling  in  my 
heart  to  vifit  the  churches,  I  proceeded, 
and  went  to  Thorn  meeting,  which  was 

an 


C     71     ] 

an  edifying  good  time  5  here  I  met  with      1749. 
my  Friend  John  Fiiher,  who  accompanied 
me  to    feveral  places,   having  before  tra- 
velled moftly  alone,  both  in  England  and 
Ireland,   as  to  a  conftant  companion  ; — 
we  had  two  meetings  in  our  way  to  Wil- 
liam Payne's,   where  we  had  a  meeting, 
and  at  Hanfworth-Woodhoufe,  to  which 
laft  belonged  John  Hallam,  a  dear  Friend 
who  had  been  very  acceptable  in  his  reli- 
gious vifit    to  Friends  in  America,  and 
had  vilited  the  churches  to  the  great  com- 
fort of  the  faithful ;  his  agreeable  compa- 
ny at  his  own  houfe,  renewed  our  frefli 
unity  in  pure  and  lading  fellowfhip  in  the 
gofpel  of  peace  ;  from  thence  we  went  to 
Sheffield,  where  we  had  two  large  good 
meetings  j  the  next  was  Burton,    which 
was  large  and   a  comfortable  time ;   the 
next  meeting  was  at    Wakefield,  where 
came  a  pretty   many  people,  in  v/hich  I 
was  filent,  as  it  fo  fell  out  at  feveral  places 
in  meetings  appointed,  which  I  have  con- 
cluded, if  rightly    minded,    might  be  a 
means  to  bring  people  to  hearken  to  the   • 
alone  teacher  in  their  own  hearts,  for  it 
is  there  the  word  of  faith  is  to  be  obeyed  ; 
M  and 


L   72    ]      ■• 

174^.  and  akho'  the  dependance  of  the  outward 
ear  fometimes  may  be  upon  the  fervants 
of  Chrifl: ;  yet  they  cannot  fpeuk  aright^ 
and  to  the  witnefs  in  the  confcicnces  of 
men,  but  as  he  is  pleafed  by  his  fpiiit  ta 
srive  them  utterance  ;  the  deri2:n  and  ten- 
dency  of  all  true  gofpcl  miniftry,  A\'hich 
fpring's  from  the  Divine  Word  of  Hfe,  be- 
ing to  ftir  up  the  pure  mind  to  adhere  to 
the  holy  teaching  of  Chrifl  in  their  own 
fouls  • 

The  next  meeting  was  at  Gilderfhamy 
which  was  a  folid  good  opportunity,  and 
dearly  united  my  fpirit  to  fome  who  at- 
tended the  fame  ;  from  hence  I  went  to 
Leeds,  and  was  ac  two  large  meetings  on 
the  firft  day,  and  at  a  week  day  meeting, 
fome  of  which,  I  hope  tended  to  pro- 
mote true  fpiritual  worfhip  to  God  ;  from 
hence  we  w-ent  to  Waldale,  Brighoufe, 
and  Rawdcn,  and  had  meetings  which 
were  large  folid  and  comfortable ;  the  next 
•was  at  Bradford,  to  which  came  a  pretty 
many  people,  and  it  ended  well ;  we 
lodged  at  Benjamin  Bartlett's,  where  w^e 
met  with  Edmund  Peckover,  Jane  Hof- 

kinsj 


C  73  ] 
kins,  and  May  Drumond  ;  my  worthy 
Friend  Edmund,  having  left  great  fweet- 
nefs  in  the  minds  of  many  in  America, 
and  on  mine  in  particular,  it  was  a  com* 
fort  to  me  to  fee  him  aq;ain« 

From  hence  we  went  to  Halifax,  ac- 
companied by  William  Long'mier,  a  dear 
brother  and  fellow  helper  in  the  gofpel, 
w^ho  had  been  with  us  to  feveral  meetings 
before,  and  was  choice  com^pany,  and  did 
me  much  good  ;  the  meeting  at  Halifax 
was  large,  and  ended  I  hope  to  the  ho- 
nour of  Truth  :  here  I  parted  with  my 
companion,  John  Fiflier,  and  went  to 
five  diftant  places,  having  meetings  in 
my  way  to  Skipton,  fome  of  which  were 
large,  being  attended  both  by  Friends 
and  other  people,  and  I  believe  to  edili- 
cation  :  I  had  a  good  time  at  the  meetinjy 
at  Skipton,  and  with  the  fchollars  of  my 
Friend  David  Hall  at  his  fchool,  havino- 
near  unity  with  his  company,  I  lodged 
here  one  night,  and  went  from  thence  to 
Lowtherdale,  where  William  and  Mary 
Slater  belonged,  who  were  ferviceable  • 
Friends  in  the  work  of  the  miniftry  ;  this 
M  2  meeting 


I74J7. 


tUO' 


C     74    ] 

meeting  was  large  and  eminently  afFecled 
with  the  fenfe  of  Divine  Life  and  Power; 
the  next  meetings  were  Ayrton,  Settle, 
and  Newton,  which  Vv'cre  moftly  folid  and 
fatisfaclory ;  the  next  was  Narfedale,  which 
was  fmall,    and  I  was  fearful   very    cold 
profeflbrs  of  the  right  v/ay  of  worihip  in 
this  I  was  filent ;  from  thence  I  went  to 
theFicl,  Proud-Prefton,  Longridge,  and 
Elmaridge,  and  had  meetings,  which  tho' 
moftly  fmali  were  pretty  fatisfaciory  ;  the 
meetings  following  were  Sowledale,  Tro  w- 
den,  Marfden,  and  Trodmarden,   and  at 
another  place,  which  were  generally  large 
and  edifying.     I  went  next  to  the  meet- 
ings at  Holdham,  Manchefter,  Langtree, 
Afton,  BickerftafF,  and  Liverpool,   fome 
of  which  were  pretty  large   and  folidly 
vLancaniire.  comfortablc ;    from  Liverpool  I  went  to 
Pankith,    Warrington,      and      Framby, 
which  meetings  were  large  and  uniting 
feafons  to  the  honeft  hearted;   at  the  lafl 
place  I  was  much  relieved  and  fet  at  liber- 
ty thro'  the  dominion  of  the  Divine  Pow- 
er that  attended  ;  from  this  place  came 
Efther  Clare  to  Pennfylvania,  a  Friend  of 
the  miniftry,  a  member  of  our  meeting  in 

Philadelphia, 


[     75     ] 

Philadelphia,  who  was  divinely  endowed      1745. 
and  infpired   with  a  knowledge    in  the 
things  of  God's    kingdom,    and    was    a 
helpful    inftruQient   in    the  hand  of  the 
Lord  to    me  in  my  young  years : — The 
next  meetings  were  Sutton,  Newton,  and 
John  Downs   in  Chefhire,  to  folid  com- 
fort ;   from  thence    I    went  to   Chefter, 
and  to  Rixham  in  Wales,  which  were  hard 
fmall  meetings,    and  dull  as   to   the  life 
of  religion  ;  then  returning  into  Chelliire,  chcmiic, 
to    Namptwich,     and  Middlewitch,  had 
meetings  which  were  comfortable  feafons: 
I  then  went  to  the  houfe  of  a  Friend  be- 
longing to  Morley,  where  I  refted  fome 
days  as  to  travelling  ;  during  my  flay  here 
I  vifited  the  fick,  and  fome  Friends  fami- 
lies,   and    Morley   meeting  which    was 
large,  and  the  good  prefence  of  the  Lord 
attending,  made  it  a  good  meeting  ;  from 
thence  I  went    to  Stockport,    Maxiield, 
and  Leek,  fome  of  which  meetinQ;s  were 
large  and  to   fatisfaclion ;   the   laft  place 
was  in  Staffordfhire,  in  my  way  from  Jofhua  gtafford- 
Tofft's  to  Stafford  I  had  a  meeting  ;  as  ^^''^' 
likewife  in  that  town,  which  was  fmall, 
and  the  life  of  truth  appearing  at  alow 

ebb 


iiuie 


C    76    ] 

E74P.  ebb  among  them,  was  caufe  of  forrow 
and  fuffering  to  my  mind  ;  the  next 
meeting  was  at  Birmingham,  which  was 
pretty  large,  and  1  hope  of  fervicc  to  fome 
who  were  there  ; — from  thence  I  went  to 
Warwick-  Coventry,  and  lodged  at  my  kinfman's 
John  Newman,  his  wife  being  my  wife's 
firfl  coufin,  they  were  exemplary  Friends 
truly  kind  and  loving,  and  a  comfort  to 
yne  in  meeting  with  them  at  their  own 
houfe  ;  here  I  heard  of  the  death  of  my 
dear  aunt  Martha  Chalkley,  from  a  Friend 
living  at  this  place,  the  account  of  which 
much  affecled  my  fpirit  for  the  lofs  of  fo 
near  a  relation  and  dear  Friend,  whom 
I  much  loved  and  efteemed,  flie  being  one 
who  feared  the  Lord,  and  was  ferviceable 
to  Friends  where  Ihe  lived  in  her  time. 

A  T  Coventry  I  was  at  two  large  meet- 
ings, one  of  which  was  much  crowded  by 
reafon  of  a  funeral,  and  both  were  folid 
opportunities  with  the  people;  from  hence 
1  went  to  Eadgley,  and  another  place 
fome  diftance,  and  was  at  two  folid  meet- 
ings ;  the  next  were  at  Warwick,  and 
Eatington,  from  whence  I  went  to  Ship- 
ton, 


i:  77  J 

ton,  in  Worceflerihire,  and  was  at  two  tu?^ 
large  meetings  to  edification,  from  thence 
to  Longcompton,  Ifedway,  arid  Harbo-  Worccfter- 
rough,  fomeof  which  meetings  were  large 
and  folid  ;  at  the  lafl  place  I  was  told,  that 
the  people  when  they  heard  of  the  meet- 
ing intended,  faid  they  would  come  to 
fee  the  Outlandifh  man,  and  many  came 
who  behaved  foberly,  and  Divine  Life  pre- 
vailed that  day  among  us  to  the  comfort 
of  my  mind  ;  from  thence  I  went  forward 
to  two  meetings  in  my  way  to  Worcefter^ 
at  diftant  places  ^  at  Worcefter  the  meet- 
ings were  large  and  folid,  and  tho'  fome 
profeiTors  appeared  to  be  gone  out  from 
the  way  of  the  felf  denying  life,  into 
much  liberty  and  extravagance,  yet  I  be- 
lieve it  was  a  time  of  vifitation  to  their 
fouls ;  from  this  city  I  went  to  Bewdley, 
Bromfgrove,  Sturbridge,  Dudley,  and 
Colebrookdale,  at  which  places  I  had 
meetings,  moftly  pretty  large,  folid,  and 
edifying ;  the  next  place  I  v/ent  to  v/as 
Shrewfbury,  where,in  company  with  feve- 
ralFriends,  Ivifited  two  dear  Friends  that  -^^^^P^-^-* 
were  in  prifon  on  account  of  tithes,  and  our  - 
hearts  being  tendered  together,  we  had  to 

praife 


[     78     ] 

S74P-  praife  the  Lord  and  were  comforted  altho* 
in  fuch  a  place  of  outward  confinement ;  I 
was  alfo  at  a  meetin^in  the  meeting-houfe 
which  tho'  not  large  was  I  hope  well. 

Wales.  From  hence  I  went  into  Wales,   with 

John  Fowler,  a  folid  young  man,  who 
tho'  not  a  public  minifter,  came  out  of 
Warwickfhire  on  purpofe  to  accompany 
me  ;  our  firft  meeting  was  at  Dolobran 
in  Montgomeryfhire,  which  was  fmall  and 
poor  ;  then  we  came  to  Ellis  Lewis's  where 
we  had  a  meeting  with  a  few  plain  kind 
Friends,  and  at  Twinde,  in  Merrioneth- 
Ihire,  where  were  only  three  Friends  to 
keep  up  the  meeting ;  but  it  afforded 
much  comfort  to  my  mind,  that  I  had  an 
opportunity  to  fee  them,  with  whom  we 
had  a  folid  time  ;  the  next  meeting  was  at 
John  Goodwin's  in  the  fame  County,  a 
brave  worthy  man,  who  had  been  inflru- 
mental  to  bring  feveral  to  the  knowledge 
of  the  truth  thereaway,  and  where  is  a 
large  meeting,  in  which  it  gave  me  fatis- 
faclionin  beino:  amono;  them:  from  thence 
we  went  to  Talcot,  and  fo  into  Radnor- 
fliire  in  South  Wales,  where  we  had  two 

large 


I  79  1 
hi'ge  good  meetings,  then  to  Pennybank 
in  Carmarthcnfhire,  and  at  Thomas  Price's 
we  had  a  fmall  folid  rfieeting,  and  at  Ann 
Evan's  in  Cardlganiliire,  to  which  came 
many  people,  and  the  meeting  was  to  fa- 
tiofaclion  and  comfort ;  we  then  had  a 
meeting  in  our  way  to  Carmarthen,  and 
there  alio,  which  were  fmall  and  but  few 
faithful  labourers,  and  the  unfteadinels 
of  f%me  m.adc  it  a  mournful  time  to  me  ; 
from  thence  I  came  to  Haverford-weft, 
v/here  the  Friends  of  Redilone  met, 
\vhich  meeting  was  fcmewhat  fatisfaclory. 
In  my  way  from  my  dear  Friend  John 
Lewis's  to  Svvanzey,  I  had  two  diiiant 
meetinrrs,  one  of  which  was  lan^e  and 
mollly  people  who  did  not  profefs  with 
us,  and  !•  hope  was  of  good  fervice,  the 
life  and  power  of  the  Divine  Word  bring- 
ing the  minds  of  the  people  into  (liilnefs, 
the  meeting  ended  welL — I  was  at  tv.'o 
meetings  at  Su^anzey,  the  fii  it  fmall  and 
filent,  the  other  a  large  open  time  ;  from 
thence  we  came  to  John  Eevan's,  where 
v/e  had  a  Imall  r.aid  meet  in  o-,  then  at 
Pontypool,  where  the  meeting  Vv^as  pret-  . 
ty  large  and  I  hope  ended  well  ;  we  had 
^  -  N  alfo 


Wales. 


Z  8°  J 
alfo  an  evening  meeting  at  a  Friends houfe, 
which  was  a  comfortable  time  ;  and  one 
at  Shiienewton,  not  very  large,  but 
a  good  meeting,  this  being  the  lafl  in 
Wales  ;  having  vifited  all  the  meet- 
ings in  that  country  that  could  be  called 
bv  our  name,  as  near  as  I  remember,  ex- 
cept Fed  down,  and  fome  of  that  meeting 
were  at  Haverford-weft  ;  when  1  had  got 
there,  1  had  great  caufe  to  be  humbly 
th.:Lnlr'ul  to  my  kind  Lord  and  Mailer,  for 
his  Divine  Help  and  merciful  prefervation 
thro'  much  toillome  travel  both  of  body 
and  fpiric. 


Hereford- 
Jhire. 


From  thence  I  went  to  Rofs  in  Here- 
fordfliire,  and  on  my  way  parted  with 
my  companion  John  Fowler,  Jiis  defirc 
being  to  return  home  after  this  journey  ; 
at  Rofs  I  had  a  comfortable  meeting,  and 
went  forward  to  Hamler,  Leominfter,  and 
Bromyard,  having  meetings ;  the  two 
firfl  were  lolid  good  opportunities,  and  at 
Leominfter,  it  was  large  and  fome  hope- 
ful newly  convinced  Friends  were  there; 
the  other  w^as  almoft  lifelefs  as  to  a  true 
zeal  for  Divine  Worfhip,  and  but  little 

profpecj 


[81] 

profpedt  of  the   growth  of  truth  ;  from 
thence  Icameinto  Glocederfhire,  and  had  Gioccflcr- 
mcetings  at  Teuklbury,  Cheltcnliai-ii,Glo-  ^^'^'^^* 
ceiler,  Painfwick,  andNailfworth,  feme  of 
which  were  hard  fuffering  times,  and  1  iin- 
cerely  wiih  the  life  of  righteoufnefb  more 
abounded    among  the  profeiTors  thereof ; 
from  thence  I  came  to  Thornbury  and  to    • 
Ann  Young's,  and  was  at  two  good  meet- 
ings^  then   to    Briilol,  where  I  attended  B-i^oi, 
feveral  large  meetings,  in  which  the  kind 
hand  of  the  Lord  was  vrith  us,    and   I 
found  Friends    there  to  be  very  loving, 
and  left    them  in  the  fame  ;   I  ah'b   viiit- 
edKingfweflon  and  Frenchay, which  were 
large  folid  and  edifying  m(5etings  ;  from 
thence  to  Sadfbury,   Tedbury,   Cireiicef- 
ter,    Addington,    and   Camden,    having 
meetings,  and  I  truO:  vvas  clear  as  to  my 
duty    among  them  ;    the  next   meetings 
w^ere  Milton,    Burford,    Whitney,   Chal-  oxford- 
bury,  Chippingnorton,  Hooknorton,  and    ''^^' 
Sedford,  f^verai  of  which  were  large  good 
opportunities  ;   from  thence  I  v/ent  for- 
ward to  South nevv  ton,  and  Banbury,  aiid 
was  at  three  meetings,  one  .or  which  v.  as. 
iilent,  the  other  large  good  c^porcuiiiacs  ; 
N  2  at 


[       82       ]' 

£755.  at  Banbury  I  was  favoured  Vvlth  tlic  corn' 
pany  of  my  Friend  Benjamin  Kidd,  who. 
I  had  formerly  fccn  in  Piiiladelpliia,  when 
a  lad,  and  was  a  comfort  to  me  when 
I  was  in  a  reverent  fcarch  after  the  things 
of  God's  kingdom  ;  the  friendfliip  of  this 
dear  JFricnd  at  his  houfe,  v/as  alfo  now  an 
•  encouragement  to  me  in  the  way  of  my 
rehgious  fervice. 

Fro^  hence  I  Vv^ent  forvv'ard  into  feve- 
ral  counties,  and  was  at  a  number  of  meet-, 
ings  in  diiierent  places,  wdiicli  I  hope  v;ere 
of  profit  to  the  people,  and  in  fome  places 
they  were  large  ;  at  two  of  them  1  had  the 
company  of  my  beloved  Friends  Catharine 
Paytcn  and  Rachel  "Wilfon,  they  being 
in  their  way  to  the  Yearly-Meeting  at 
BcrkOiire.  London  ;  >-ve  went  forv^ard  together  to 
Reading,  where  I  mict  vv^ith  my  dear  v*^or- 
thy  Friend  Samuel  liopv/ood,  with  whom 
when  in  Pennfylvania,  I  had  travelled  to 
fome  places,  and  I  believe  v/as  now  glad  of 
our  meeting  to  fee  each  other  again  ;  he 
was  a  zealous  and  fervent  labourer  in  the 
Lord's  vincyra-d,  who  I  believe  had  blcffed 
bis  labours  to  many  fouls  j  we  had  a  meet- 
ing 


London. 


[    83    ] 

iii^  at  Reading  to  Avcct  fatlsfaclion  ;  from  1750. 
thence  we  all  went  to  Maidenhead,  and 
was  at  a  mee:ing  there,  in  which  I  was  fi- 
lent  ;  from  this  town  we  v/ent  to  London 
together,  and  on  our  way  feveral  Friends 
met  us  ;  our  Friend  John  Hunt  being  one 
of  them,  would  have  me  to  his  houfe,  and 
gave  me  a  kind  reception,  where  I  made 
my  home  for  the  mod  part  during  the 
times  my  lot  was  ca(l  in  that  great  city. 

The  Yearly-ivlecting  was  large,  and 
I  hope  edifying  to  many  honeil  travellers 
in  Sion's  way. 

W  H  E  N  this  meeting  w^as  over,  I  went 
for  Scotland,  finding  my  mind  drawm  scothnd. 
forth  in  much  love  to  Friends  in  thofe  parts, 
as  I  had  after  I  firft  ianded  in  England  ; 
but  thro'  forne  difccuragement  in  myfelf, 
omitted  the  opportunity  of  going  there 
v/hen  I  was  in  Cumberland,  near  the  bor- 
ders of  it,  v/hich  caufed  me  much  more 
travelling  to  get  to  fee  Friends  thcreaw?.y  ; 
but  in  regard  to  peace  of  mind,  vrhich  is 
to  be  valued  above  all  the  v/orld,  I  now  ■ 
gave  up  to  perform  this  vifit. 

From 


C   84   ] 

»75o.  From  London  I  went  through  feveral 

counties,  having  many  meetings  in  parti- 
cular phces  appointed,  I  was  alfo  at  three 
Yearly- Meetings  in  my  journey,  as  Col- 
chefter,  Wcodbridge,  and  Norwich,  fe- 
veral of  which  were  large  and  fatisfaflory, 
as  -were  alfo  fome  of  the  appointed  meet- 
ings, tho'  fmall,  and  I  had  near  commu- 
nion in  fpirit  with  fome  Friends  as  I  paf- 
fed  thro'  Effex,  Norfolk,  Suffolk,  and 
LincolnHiire,  and  in  Yorkfliire ;  I  pro- 
ceeded from  York  to  Darlington  with  my 
companion  John  Kendal,  a  folid  youngs 
man  of  Colchefler,  who  had  a  favoury 
teilimony  for  truth  ;  w^e  had  a  good  meet- 
ing at  Darlington,  then  went  forward  to 
Durham,  and  Newcallle,  at  each  of 
which  towns  we  had  meetings,  and  Friends 
were  kind  in  ailifling  to  get  us  on  our  way 
to  Alnwick,  where  we  had  a  fmall  meet- 
ing, and  lodged  at  John  Doubliday's  ;  we 
then  proceeded  to  Kelfo,  where  we  had 
two  good  folid  meetings  ;  then  to  Edin- 
burgh, and  had  a  meeting  to  fome  fatisfac- 
tion  ;  after  which  we  had  but  one  little 
meeting,  which  was  in  a  Friend's  houfe, 

until 


C     S5     ] 

until  we  got  to  Aberdeen,  where  we  had  ,„«; 
two  that  were  large,  in  which  I  hope  the  Scotland. 
Lord's  Power  was  in  dominion  to  folid 
comfort;  from  thence  we  went  to  Klnf- 
wells,  Inverary,  and  Old  Meldrom,  and 
had  meetings  to  fome  degree  of  fatisfafti- 
on  ;  the  laft  named  place  was  the  furtheit 
meeting  we  had  in  Scotland,  which  was 
pretty  large ;  from  thence  we  came  to 
Kilmuck,  and  wa.s  favoured  with  a  com- 
fortable meeting  and  fomewhat  large  ;  the 
next  was  at  New  Aberdeen,  alfo  at  Urie, 
at  the  feat  of  Robert  Barclay,  vvhich  wer^ 
folid  opportunities  ;  at  Urie  there  came 
many  people.  Friends  and  others,  who 
behaved  with  folid  attention,  which  made 
it  a  time  of  proHt  I  hope  to  fome  ;  at  this 
place  we  met  with  our  Friends  David  Bar- 
clay, his  vAiQ  and  two  daughters  from  Lon- 
don, who  had  come  on  a  vifit  to  their  re- 
lations and  Friends  in  thofe  parts,  and 
when  they  fat  out  from  home  we  came  a 
pretty  many  miles  on  our  way  with  them; 
they  v/ere  very  kind  and  friendly,  and  by 
this  acquaintance  fuch  a  love  was  begat  in 
the  hearts  of  thofe  kind  Friends,  that  • 
when  I  came  back  to  London  they  had  me 

fcveral 


[     8^     ] 

i7;o.      fcvcral   times  to   their   houfe,    and  were 

Scotland,  truly  refpedful  to  me ;  parting  with 
them  in  Scotland,  we  went  towards  Glaf- 
gow,  and  had  a  Imaii  good  meeting  fome 
miles  diUant  from  thence,  and  in  Glaf- 
gow  we  were  at  three  meetings,  two  of 
which  were  large,  and  in  the  main  to  fo- 
lid  fatisfadion  :  After  w^e  had  vifited  2AI 
the  meetings  of  Friends  in  thefe  parts,  as 
near  as  I  remember  exQept  one,  fome  of 
the  members  of  w^hich  were  at  the  meet- 
ing at  Urie,  we  came  on  our  way  to  Eng- 
land again,  which  was  feveral  days  jour- 
ney before  we  got  to  Cailific,  and  were 
obriged  to  lodge  at  feveral  inns,  which  was 
not  quite  agreeable  j  but  when  I  got  over 

England.,  the  water  v/liich  parts  England  and  the 
other  land,  my  heart  was  tendered  and 
broken  before  the  Lord,  under  a  fenfe  of 
pure  peace  for  the  performance  of  this  vi- 
fit  to  that  part  of  the  world  j  I  thought 
there  were  a  few  folid  Friends  in  places, 
and  could  rejoice  to  hear  that  there  num- 
ber was  increafed  ;  we  went  through  Car- 

Cariiflc.  lifle,  and  lodged  at  our  kind  Friend 
Richard  Wait's  at  Newtown,  a   littlp  dif- 

Kciij.ii.       tance  }  next  day  wc  fat  out  for  Kendal, 

and 


[     87     ] 
and  got  there  that  night,  where  We  were      ,750, 
lovingly    received,    llayed     fomc     time  Z-ancafnircs 
for   reft,      and    attended    feveral    large, 
foUd,  good  meetings,  and  vifited  divers 
dear  friends  in  the  town  ;  from  hence  pro- 
ceeded to  meetings  at  the  following  places, 
viz.  Crook,  Prefton,  Lancafter  and  Man- 
chefter,which  were  moflly  to  fatisfaction  ; 
then  went  into  Derbyfhire,  to  Moniafh,  Derbyinh-e? 
Matlock,  Brick  and  Chefterfield,  and  fe- 
veral other  places,  fome  of  which  meetings 
were  large,  and  1  hope  of  fervice  through 
Divine  Help,  for  the  promotion  of  truth  ; 
I  parted  with  my  dear  Friend  John  Ken- 
dal,foon  after  I  left  Manchefter,  he  intend- 
ing to  return  home,  after  our  long  journey 
thro'  Scotland  ;  from  this  county  I  pafTed 
through  Northamptonfliire,  Lincolnfhire, 
Leiceflerihire,  having  many  meetings,  fe- 
veral of  which  I  hope  were  to  the  fatisfac- 
tion  of  the  faithful  ;  at  a  particular  meet- 
ing not  far  from  Leicefter,  to  which  came 
a  confiderable  number  of  Friends,  fome  of 
them  from  feveral  diflant  meetings,  it  be- 
ing the  firft  day  of  the  week,  as  we  fat  to- 
gether in  filence before  the  Lord,there  was 

o 

a  fliock  of  an  earthquake,  which  made   a 
O  gi'eat 


L  ?8  i 

i7io.  great  flir  in  the  place,  and  the  people  wlicr 
were  met  at  another  hciife  for  woifhlp, 
came  away,  as  I  was  told,  to  cur  nicetii;^;, 
where  we  were  prefcrved  in  great  flihnc-'s 
and  little  appearance  of  flaviih  fear,  and  I 
hope  it  was  a  fingukr  tioiC  of  benefit  to 
that  affembly.— From  this  county  I  went 
intoRutlandihire,  Buckinghamfaire,  Eed- 
fordfliire,  and  Hartfordfhire,  and  was  at  a 
number  ofmeetingSjfomeo'  uhicliwcrt  fa- 
voured with  a  fenfe  of  the  Lord's  bkiTcd 
power  and  prefcnce;  the  next  counties  v.  ere 
Huntingdonfliire  and  Caml.ridgcfliiie,  in 
which  were  feveral  folid  meetings,  tho' 
that  at  Cambridge  was  fma-1,  and  the 
darknefs  of  that  dark  place  much  depref- 
fed  my  fpirit,  which  was  attended  with 
deep  fuffering  ;• — I  we/it  from  this  county 
into  the  Ifle-of-Ely,  and  vifited  the  meet- 
ings generally  thereaway ;  in  the  per- 
formance of  which  I  had  fome  comfort  of 
mind  ;  from  hence  I  went  into  Norfolk, 
Suffolk,  Effex  and  Hartford  counties,  vi- 
iiting  meetings  as  they  were  laid  out  by 
Friends,  there  being  in  feveral  places  fome 
valuable  folid  Brethren,  with  whom  I  had 
near  unity  of  fpirit,  in  that  faith  which 

iland» 


r  89  j 

ftands  not  In  the  wifdom  of  man,  but  in 
the  power  of  God  ;  from  hence  I  came  in- 
to Middlefex,  and  had  meetings,  alfo  at 
B-i'ingtoke,  -Alton  and  SaUfbury  and  fe- 
veral  other  places  in  Wiltfliire,  fome  of 
v/hich  were  comfortable  feafons  in  the 
be:l  fcnfe ;  I  then  went  into  Somerfet- 
fliire,  and  to  Bath  and  Froome,  and  fome 
other  places,  and  had  meetings ;  then  to 
Poifet,  and  was  favoured  with  a  facisfac- 
tory  meeting  there,  and  the  next  day  I 
was  taken  ill  at  my  friend  James  Player's, 
it  being  I  thought  pretty  much  the  effect 
of  a  cold,  hard  travelling  and  a  clofe  en- 
gagement of  body  and  fpirit  I  had  paf- 
fed  through  from  one  place  to  another ; 
this  illnefs  detained  me  fome  weeks,  in 
which  time  I  w^as  brought  very  weak  in 
body,  and  at  times  low  in  fpirit ;  but 
through  the  kind  mercy  of  God,  having 
fomewhat  recovered  (tho'  flill  weak)  I  fat 
out  for  the  Wefl  of  England,  and  went  to 
Clareham,  Glaflonbury,  Bridgewater,  and 
many  other  places,  at  which  I  had  meet- 
ings, fome  being  large  and  m.ercifully  fa- 
voured with  Divine  Help,  uniting  love 
and  power  5  after  vifiting  the  meetings  in 
O  2  the 


X7J«. 


C       PO      ] 

1750.  the  county  of  SomeiTet ;  I  went  into  De- 
vonfhire  and  Corn\val5  having  the  compa- 
ny of  my  dearly  beloved  tiicnd  John  Play- 
er, to  whofe  fpirit  I  was  nearly  united  in 
the  love  of  truth,  and  was  a  great  comfort 
and  help  to  me  in  my  weak  condition, 
at  his  uncle's. — I  would  juft  remark  that 
in  fome  of  the  counties  in  which  I  had 
been,  fome  dear  young  people,  who  were 
libertine  in  the  fhew  of  pride  and  finery 
of  the  world,  became  fober,  folid  and  ex- 
emplary, and  one  young  w  oman  in  parti- 
cular was  fo  reached,  as  I  fat  in  a  Friend's 
houfe,  tho'  I  had  nothing  by  way  of  tefti- 
mony  in  words  to  her  condition,  yet  the 
weight  and  exercife  attending  my  mind 
at  that  time,fo  reached  herunderffanding, 
fhe  became  a  plain  folid  Friend,  and  be* 
fore  I  left  England,  1  beared  her  in  the  mi- 
niftry  at  a  meeting,  and  as  I  thought,  to  the 
general  fatisfaclion  of  Friends  prefent ; — • 
I  was  at  Exeter  meeting  in  DevonfhirCj 
and  had  a  weighty  folid  time  among 
Dcvonihhe.  Fricnds  there,  although  I  was  much  af- 
flicted with  the  converfation  of  one  pro- 
fefling  the  truth,  that  pleaded  for  carnal 
defence,  and  alked  what  defence  we  had 


[91     ] 

in  the  province  of  Pennfylvania ;  I  told      175,. 
him  that  Providence  was  our  defence  ; 
yet  he  continued  to  plead  for  carnal  defence 
in  fuch  a  manner,  that  gave  me  much  pain 
of  mind,  and  I  told  him  that  I  had  no  unity 
with  his  principles,  and  bore  my  teftimo- 
ny   againft  his  unprofitable  difcourfe. — I 
went   to  feveral  meetings  in  my  way  to 
Kingfbridge,  where  1  had  a  folid  meeting  ; 
from  thence   took  a  number  of  meetings 
in  my  way  to  Auftil  in   Cornwal,  fome  of  ComwaL 
which  were  to  fatisfaclion,  and  I  hope  of 
fome  fervice  to  the  right  minded  ;  after  a 
weighty  good  meeting  at  Auflil,  I  came  to 
Falmouth  ,and  had  amceting  in  which  I  hope 
I  w^as  clear  as  to  my  duty  amongfl  them  ; 
then  accompanied  by  my  dear  Friend  Sa- 
muel Hopwood,  I  went  to  Penzance,  and 
many  other  meetings  in    thefe  counties  ; 
from  this  place,  where  w^e  had  I  hope  a  fer- 
viceable  meeting,  I  returned,  taking  feve- 
ral meetings  in  my  way   to  Bridport  in 
Dorfetfhire  :  we  had  two  meetin2:s  in  this  ^^''^'^^' 

'  ^  o  /hire. 

town,  the  laft  of  which  \^as  large^  the 
people  being  told  of  an  Indian,  as  I  had 
come  from  America,  I  believe  it  raifed  a 
curiofity  among  them,  for  a  large  num- 

.  ber 


C   ?2    ] 

,^5».  ber  came  to  the  meeting,  and  as  they 
0ori"cLfhirc.  came  in  looked  on  me  and  one  upon  ano- 
ther, but  after  a  while  behaved  in  a  iober 
manner,  and  my  dear  Lord  and  Mailer 
favoured  the  opportunity  I  hope  to  the 
comfort  of  many,  and  when  the  meeting 
ended  the  people  departed  with  quietnefs 
and  fobriety  ;  for  which  I  had  caufe  to  be 
truly  thankful,  being  much  concerned 
how  we  fliould  fare  that  day,  fo  as  not  to 
occaiion  any  blame  to  the  good  caufe  I 
have  lincerely  laboured  to  promote  from 
my  youth,  humbly  defiring  that  my  en- 
deavours altho'  weak,  might  tend  to  ad- 
vance the  fame. 

After  having  a  pleafing  time  much 
to  my  comfort,  with  my  loving  kind 
Friend  Samuel  Bownas,  who  had  vifited 
America  in  the  work  of  the  miniftry  twice, 
I  proceeded  to  feveral  meetings  in  my  way 
to  Weymouth  and  Pool,  v/here  I  alfo  had 
meetings,  fom.eof  which  were  folid  times  ; 
then  taking  feveral  meetings  in  my  way  to 
Southampton,  Ihad  there  a  fmall meeting; 
then  pafTed  over  to  Cowes  on  the  Ifle-of- 
Wightj  and  after  vifiting  Friends  there, 

and 


C  n  ] 

and  being  favoured  with  fome  folid  meet-  1751, 
ings  among  them,  I  returned  to  South-  Kent. 
ampton,  and  the  next  was  a  good  meet- 
ing tho'  fmall,  at  Portfmouth  ;  then  a  fa- 
tisfaclory  large  meeting  at  Chichefter,  and 
two  in  my  way  to  Lewis,  where  I  was  at 
a  meeting  to  which  belonged  fome  loving 
Friends  ;  from  thence  I  took  a  meeting  in 
my  way  to  Kent  county,  and  was  at  feve- 
ral  as  I  went  to  Dover,  fome  of  which 
werefatisfactory  ;  tho' at  Dover  a  hard  time 
with  the  Friends  attending  the  meeting  ; 
from  thence  I  went  to  Folkflone,  and  fo 
forvrard  to  Canrerbury,  and  had  a  good 
meeting ;  as  alfo  another  between  this 
place  and  London  ;  when  I  came  to  Lon- 
don, I  went  to  my  Friend  John  Hunt's, 
my  ufuai  lodging,  ftaid  fometime  in  this 
city,  and  vifited  many  meetings  which 
were  large,  and  I  had  good  caufe  to  be 
thankful  to  God  for  his  eminent  power 
and  prefence,  being  therein  manifefted  to 
the  fouls  of  his  people,  that  I  hope  feveral 
of  thofe  meetings  tended  to  the  edification 
and  comfort  of  the  faithful  among  them  j 
believing  that  the  Lord  hath  a  choice  peo- 
ple in  that  great  city,,  who  fear  his  great 

Almighty 


Londoa* 


C     94     ] 

tjsx.       Almighty  name,  and  they  are  near  to  my 
fph'it  in  the  covenant  of  love  and  life. 

After  I  had  thus  vifited  London,  I 
went  to  a  confidcrable  number  of  meetings 
in  places  Ibme  diflance  from  thence,  iome 
of  which  were  large  weighty  folid  oppor- 
tunities ;  my  beloved  Friend  John  Pem- 
berton,  whole  company  was  acceptable, 
being  with  me  at  fevei  al  of  them. 

Xondoiu  Having   gone  through   all  the  coun^ 

ties  in  England,  and  generally  vifited 
Fiiends  meetings  therein,  as  alfo  thofe  in 
W  ales  and  Scotland,  I  attended  the  Year- 
ly-Meeting in  London,  which  was  large 
and  much  favoured  with  the  loving  kind- 
nefs  and  blelfed  prefenceof  the  Almighty  ; 
many  dear  Fi  iends  being  here  with  whom 
i  had  near  acquaintance,  it  was  a  comfort 
to  my  fpirit  that  I  could  fee  them  and  part 
with  them  in  the  unity  and  love  of  truth  ; 
a  fliort  time  after  the  conclufion  of  this 
meeting,  accompanied  by  feveral  loving 
Friends,!  went  to  Gravefend,  in  order  to 
embark  on  board  a  veflei  bound  for  New- 
York^  which  not  being  ready  for  failing 

wheri 


C     95    ] 

when  we  came  there,  our  dear  Friends      jtsi, 
left  us,   I  believe  in  true  love,  my  fph'it 
nearly    and  afFedionately    parting    with 
them  ;   Edward  Cathrall  of  Philadelphia, 
was  paiTenger  with  mc  in  this  vefTel,  Che- 
valier Dean  being  commander  j  we  fat  fail 
and  came  away  as  foon  as  we  could  from 
Gravefend,   and  after  a  pafTige  of  about 
eleven  weeks,  landed  at   New-York  on 
the  loth  day  of  the  feventh  month,  1751 
old    ilyle,  and  on  the  1 3th  of  the   fame 
month  we  got  home  to  our  habitations,  phUadel- 
being  the  day  before  our  Yearly-Meeting  ^  '^^^ 
in  this   city.      Which  was  through  the 
great  prefervation  of  the  Almighty,    Vv'ho 
was,  and  is  a  God  nigh  at  hand,  who  fup- 
ported  and  preferved  me  in  great  probati- 
ons and  conflicls  of  foul,  beyond  my  abi- 
lity to  fet  forth  in  words  ;  but  I  think  it 
my  duty  to  fay.  Good  is  the  Lord  a?id  greats 
ly  worthy  to   he  feared^  praifed^  loved ^  he* 
mured  J  worfmpped^  and  obeyed !  his  good- 
nefs,  mercy  and  grace  have  been  eminent 
for  my  prefervation  and  falvation,  that  he 
would  not  fuffer  me   to  be  confounded,    . 
altho'  he  was  plcafed  to  permit  great  prov- 
ings  to  befaU  me,  both  in  my  pafTige  home 
P  and 


[     96     1 

i,ji.  and  after  I  got  to  my  habitation,  accord- 
ing to  his  All-wife  purpofes  ;  yet  under- 
neath has  been  hiseverlafting  Arm  of  com- 
^  paflion  and  ftrength,  which  has  wrought 
for  my  deliverance,  and  enabled  me  to 
commie  my  foul,  body,  and  fpirit  to  his 
keeping. — Pvly  dear  children  and  affeclio- 
nate  Friends,  I  believe  were  glad  for  my 
return  to  them,  and  altho'  I  much  defired 
to  get  to  my  native  land  and  to  fee  them 
again,  after  an  abfence  of  more  than  three 
years  ;  yet  my  expectation  as  to  the  plea- 
lure  and  comfort  of  that  Divine  Blefling 
in  a  manner  I  could  have  wiflied,  was 
much  difappointed,  which  I  have  thought 
was  in  part  occaiioned  through  an  omiill- 
on  of  duty,  tho'  I  hope  it  was  not  wilful  j 
it  being  to  go  on  a  vilit  to  a  people  of  ano- 
thet^anguage,  and  I  omitted  the  oppor- 
tunity of  performing  that  part  of  fervice, 
and  had  I  gone  on  that  errand,  I  might 
have  got  home  as  foon  as  I  now  did,  and 
my  once  expected  fatisfaclion  I  might  have 
enjoyed. — AvefTel  belonging  to  our  city, 
the  Captain  a  member  of  our  fociety, 
vdiom  I  knew  and  efteemed,  was  deii- 
rous  of  my  taking  pailage  with  him  from 

London, 


[     97     ] 

London,  from  whence  he  did  not  fail  un- 
til feveral  weeks  after  us,  and  arrived  at 
Philadelphia,  about  the  time  I  landed  at 
New- York,  that  had  I  proceeded  on  the 
vilit  which  was  upon  my  mind,  it  was 
thought  I  might  have  perfo'rmed  it,  and 
have  been  ready  to  embark  in  this  vcfft] ; 
but  a  cowardice  and  diilldcnce  of  my  own 
abilities  at  times,  and  a  fear  of  going  too 
faft  (I  think  I  can  honeftly  fay)  more  thari 
wilful  difobedience,  have  brought  fome  of 
the  greateft  forrows  upon  me  that  I  have 
met  with  in  the  world  ;  but  the  mercies  of 
Cod  are  great,  who  ought  to  be  ferved 
and  adored,  and  is  worthy  of  the  deep- 
ed reverence  that  can  be  afcribed  to  his. 
All- Powerful  Name  ! 

Af  T  E  R  a  time  of  great  aniiiety  he  was 
pleafed  by  his  gracious  Arm  to  deliver 
me,  and  to  put  a  new  fong  into  m.y  mouth, 
even  praifes  to  him  the  Living  God!  the 
light  of  his  glorious  Countenance  afreili 
Ihining  upon  me,  his  blelTed  "  S:m  of 
Right eoufnefs''  appeared  with  healing  un- 
der his  wings,  and  I  was  fat  at  liberty 
again  in  a  good  degree  to  ferve  and  praife  ' 
Iiim  the  Lord  in  the  land  of  the  living.     . 


nsT, 


I  98  J 


flis  re  fur  72  from  England  ; — His  vifiting 
iVf^^//«^//«Pennfylvania^/2^New-Jerfey; 
— His  fourth  *Jcurneyto  New-England; — " 
His  V'lfit  tLrjugb  the  Southerri  Provinces  t& 
South- Carolina,  &c. 

AGAIN  took  frefli  encouragement 
to  do  my  bed  endeavours  both  with  re- 
fpecl  to  temporal  and  fpiritual  things, 
and  fettled  myfelf  with  my  two  children, 
and  my  wife's  mother,  who  lived  in  the  fame 
houfe  with  us ;  I  kept  to  dihgence  in  my 
outward  calling,  wherein  I  w  as  bleiTed  of 
the  Lord  with  all  the  needful  things  of  this 
life  for  me  and  mine,  and  through  Divine 
Help,  I  was  enabled  to  perform  my  religi- 
ous fervices  at  home  and  abroad,  as  I  was 
obedient  to  the  bleffed  ability  that  God 
giveth,  at  times  vifiting  Friends  in  Penn- 
fylvania  and  Ncw-Jerfey,  with  whom  I 
had  great  nearnefs  in  the  love  of  the  Hea- 
venly Father,  and  many  of  us  were  renew- 
edly  united  in  that  love  which  brought 
Vs  near  to  himfclf  and  made  known  un- 
to 


C     99     1 

to  us  the  way  that  leads  unto  life  and 
peace,  as  in  the  beginning. 

In  the  year  1753,  having  the  unity  of  1753. 
my  dear  Friends  at  home,  my  loving  . 
Friend  Ifaac  Zane  being  my  comjpanion, 
I  went  to  Long-ifland,  and  vifited  all  the  laZf. 
meetings  of  Friends  there,  and  fomc  pla- 
ces where  meetings  were  not  ufually  held, 
or  not  very  often,  at  Jamaica,  and  fevc- 
ral  other  places,  and  found  great  open- 
nefs  among  the  people,  and  fome  very 
large  meetings,  and  I  think  I  may  fay  to 
the  praife  of  the  Lord,  I  was  greatly 
favoured  with  his  light,  life,  and  bleiTed 
prefence,  v/hich  nearly  afFecled  my  heart 
with  gofpel  fellowfhip  to  his  children  and 
people  thereaway,  and  returned  in  the 
pofTeffion  of  great  fatisfaclion  in  my  own 
bofom. 

In  the  year  1754,  ^  went  in    the  unity      1754. 
of  Friends,  with  my  dear  Friend    Ifrael 
Pemberton  as  far  as  Bollon  in  New-En [^-  New-Eng-. 

land. 

land  ;   and  as  we  went  forward  w^ere  at  a  . 
comfortable  meeting  at  New- York  ;  from 
whence  we  went  by  water  to  Newport,  • 

Rhode-illand, 


[       100      ] 

1 754.  Rhode- ifland,  and  arrived  there  the  even- 
Rhode-  ing  before  the  Yearly-Meeting,  at  which 
were  our  Friends  Catharine  Payton  from 
England,  and  Mary  Peafley  from  Ire- 
land ;  the  gathering  of  people  was  great 
and  much  mixed,  the  love  of  God  in 
Chrift  was  truly  preached,  and  lovingly 
extended  to  them,  and  I  hope  it  was  a 
good  meeting  to  many  ; — after  it  ended 
I  went  with  my  Friends  Ifrael  Pemberton 
BofioD.  ^^d  Thomas  Lightfoot  to  Boflon,  and 
from  thence  I  went  as  far  as  Lynn  and  Sa- 
lem, and  returning  to  Bollon,  there  again 
met  my  two  loving  Friends,  and  had  a 
meeting  which  ended  as  w^ell  as  I  expect- 
ed, the  people  attending  it  and  behaving 
foberly  ;  we  then  fat  off  for  the  Yearly- 
Meeting  at  Nantucket,  and  went  by  wa- 
ter at  Woods-hole,  and  flopped  at  an  if- 
land  in  our  way,  and  being  detained  by 
contrary  winds,  did  not  reach  the  meet- 
ing fo  foon  as  w^e  defired  ;  but  got  there 
before  it  was  over,  and  met  again  with 
our  two  women  Friends,  before  men- 
tioned, and  there  being  many  Friends 
on  this  ifland,  it  was  a  comfort  to  me  that 
f       I  had  an  opportunity  of  feeing  them  once 

more. 


\    loi   3 

more,  and  I  efteem  it  a  mercy  from  the      1754: 
Divine  Being,  for  it  feemed  as  I  thought 
a  riik  of  our  lives  to  venture  as  we  did  in.  Nauuckct, 
a  little  open  boat  a  great  diftance  from 
the  land  ;  but  the  intentions  I  believe  of 
all  us  were  for  one  good  purpofe,  that  we 
might  have  a  time  at  that  meeting  with 
God's  people,  to  ferve  him  more  than  for 
any   other  confideration  j  it  was  a  large 
m.eeting,  and  in  fome  degree  comfortable 
and  edifying  ;  and  when  it  was  ended,  a 
pretty  many  of  us,  in  company  with  the 
two  European  women  Friends,  took  paf- 
fage  and  landed  at  Woods-hole,  where  we 
had  an  evening  m.eeting,  I  beUeve  to  fo- 
lid  advantage  and  comfort  in  fome  good 
degree.     Thomas  Lightfoot  concluded  to 
go  forward  to  accompany    the  women 
Friends  in  their  vifit  to  the  other  parts  of 
New- England,  and  my  Friend  Ifrael  Pem- 
berton  and  myfelf  returned  to  Newport, 
where  we  were  at  feveral  meetings,  one 
was  at  the  burial  of  the  wife  of  Samuel 
Holmes,  and  in  the  main  were  folid  meet- 
ings ;  from  thence  we  proceeded  home- 
wards  through  Coneclicut,    and  got  to  ^"^YorS 
New-York,  Staten-iHand,  and  New-Jer-  J^^J;^^ 

fey. 


C     loi     ] 

^754.  ^^7'  having  a  large  comfortable  meeting 
fome  diftance  from  Jofeph  ShotwelFs ; 
from  whence  we  came  pretty  direct  home 
through  the  tender  mercies  of  the  Lord  ; 
thisjom^ncy  nearly  united  our  hearts  to 
each  other,  and  in  his  goodnefij  he  was 
phafed  to  afford  fome  degree  of  peace  to 
my  mind. 

*i7ss.  In  the  year  1755,  I  viHted  mofl  of  the 

Bucks         meetings  in  Bucks  county,  fome  of  which 

•ouuty.  ^  ' 

I  had  not  been  at  for  feveral  years,  and 
thought  were  much  increafed  as  to  the 
number  of  young  people,  and  were  large 
folid  good  meetings  ;  wherein  I  had  great 
nearnefs  of  fpirit  with  many  tender  heart- 
ed dear  Friends,  and  returned  home  with 
fweet  peace  in  the  performance  of  this 
viiit ;  I  alio  attended  feveral  meetings  in 
this  province  and  New-Jerfey  with  my 
two  worthy  Friends  Nicholas  Davis  and 
Adam  Mott  from  New-England,  which 
were  large  and  I  believe  ferviceable  to  ma- 
ny, and  I  received  fome  pleafure  and  deli- 
verance to  my  foul,  after  fome  diftreiling 
trials  of  my  faith,  and  provings  of  hope  to- 
wards God,  which  I  have  received  as  an 

unfpeakable 


C     i°3    ] 
unfpeakable  favour   from  him,  that   he 
was  pleafed  to  bring  me  out  of  a  horrible 
pit  and  fet  my  feet  on  a  rock,  that  I  can 
thankfully  fay,  "  None  is  fo  holy  as  the 
"  Lord,  nor  any  rock  like  our  God  that  is 
"  in  heaven  for  the  help  of  his  people,  and 
*'  in  his  excellency  above  the  fkies/'  After 
a  very  acceptable  vilit  to  thefe  parts,  from 
thofe  our   dear  Friends,  who    returning 
homewards  Nicholas  Davis  died  by  the  ways 
and  altho'  the  lofsl  believe  to  be  great  to 
Friends  where  he   belonged,  and   thofe 
abroad,  where  his  lot  was  call  on  his  Lord 
and  Mailer's  errand  ;  yet  it  is  comfortably 
to  be  hoped,  that  he  is  at  reft  from  his  la- 
bours, and  received  the  reward  of  a  faith- 
ful fervant ;  Oh  1  the  fweet  favour  of  life, 
and  eminent  power  of  the  Divme  Word 
that  attended  this  man  of  God,   whofe 
fweet    company,    edifying    converfation 
and  tender  love  to  the   little  and  lowly 
lambs  of  Chrift  ;  (tho'  a  threfhing  inftru- 
ment  in  the  Lord's  hand,  againft  ungod- 
linefs  and  unrighteoufnefs  of  men,  that 
hold  the  truth  in  unrighteoufnefs,)  is  not 
to  be  forgotten  by  thofe  left  behind  while 
in  mutabilitv,   who  have  had  the  benefit 

/A  of 


t7S4. 


[     104     ] 

i75(j.     of  his  gofpel   labours  and  rightly  efleem 
them. 

Phiiadei-  I  A  L  s  o  accompanicd  our  dear  Friend 

^^''^'  Catharine  Payton,  with  feveral  Friends  of 

our  city,  to  vilit  the  families  of  many  of 
our  fellow  members,  which  lervice  I 
think  it  may  be  thankfully  faid  the  Lord 
owned,  the  ftates  and  conditions  of  ths 
people  being  fuitably  fpoken  to. 

In  the  year  1756,  I  vJfited  feveral  meet- 
jerfey.  lugs  in  Ncw-Jcrfcy,  as  Mountholly,  Bur- 
lington, Old  Springfield,  Mansfield, 
Crofwicks,  Bordentown,  and  Upper- 
Springfield,  which  were  generally  large, 
and  livingly  attended  with  folid  comfort  j 
alfo  with  my  dear  companion  Ifaac  Zane, 
I  had  feveral  fatisfaclory  feafons  in  fome 
families,  where  we  went  to  vifit  feveral 
antient  Friends,  alfo  at  the  houfes  where 
we  lodged  ;  after  thefe  opportunities  we 
v.'ent  forLittle-Egg-harbour,  Hopping  at  a 
faw-mill  on  the  roadjcailed  Mount-Mifery, 
where  they  defired  a  meeting,  and  find- 
ing freedom  in  my  mind,  we  had  a  tender 
time   with  the  people,    tho'   a   defolate 

place. — • 


[     105    ] 

place. — We  had  two  meetings  at  Little-  ,75^. 
Egg-harbour,  and  I  found  my  mind  near-  Nen  -jci 
ly  united  to  fome  worthy  Friends  of  that  ^^' 
place  ;  from  thence  we  paffed  over  a  great 
manh  and  a  river  to  Great-E^ir-harbour, 
where  we  attended  a  meeting  at  each  meet- 
ing houfe,  and  it  was  caufe  of  ghdnefs 
to  tee  an  increafe  of  tender  minded  Friends 
thereaway ;  not  having  been  there  for 
many  years;  there  appeared  a  revival  of 
love  for  truth  and  zeal  for  the  fame  ;  fince 
my  being  lad  there  they  had  built  a  meet- 
ing-houfe,  in  which  we  had  a  powerful 
fatisfaflory  meeting  ;  we  crolTed  the  ri- 
ver to  Cape-May,  and  had  a  meeting  at 
the  Vv^idow  Townfend's,  and  one  in  the 
evening  at  her  fon's,  and  from  thence  we 
came  to  Greenwich  and  AUoways  creek, 
having  a  meeting  at  each  place,  where 
came  a  pretty  many  people,  and  it  v/as  to 
fome  degree  of  comfort ;  after  the  lad 
meeting  we  reached  home,  tho'  it  was 
fome  what  late  in  the  night,  and  akho'  fome 
part  of  this  journey  was  attended  with 
much  riding  and  fervent  labour  in  th'e 
Lord*s  work,  I  had  caufe  to  be  thankful 
q;2  that 


ma, 


C    106   ] 

3J55.     that  I  was  obedient,  and  that  he  was  pleaf- 
ed  to  enable  me  to  perform  my  duty. 

?cnnfyiva-  Also  in  this  year  1756,  and  in  1757 
and  1758,  I  attended  the  Indian  treaties, 
fome  part  of  them  with  feveral  dear  Friends 
of  our  city,  at  Eafton  in  Northampton 
county,  at  the  time  of  one  of  which, 
I  went  with  my  dear  Friends  John  Pem- 
berton  and  Benjamin  Hooton,  as  far  as 
Fort- Allen,  with  an  invitation  from  the 
Indians  affembled  at  Eafton  and  the  go- 
vernment of  Pennfylvania,  to  fome  Indi- 
ans who  difcovered  a  backwardnefsor  fear 
of  attending  the  treaty  ;  it  was  thought 
fome  of  them  had  been  very  mifcheivous 
in  the  murders  and  bloodflied  and  taking 
of  captives,  on  the  frontiers  of  our  pro- 
vince ;  and  a  great  concern. having  fall- 
en on  the  minds  of  a  number  of  worthy 
Friends,  principally  in  Philadelphia,  who 
.  freely  contributed  their  money  and  time, 
for  promoting  the  reftoration  of  peace 
with  the  natives,  as  I  have  apprehend- 
ed, and  believe  they  have  been  the 
\v€tt  infirumental  in  the  Lord's  hand 
to  appeafe  the  revengful  nature  of  fo  bar- 
barous 


[     107     J 

barous  and  cruel  an  enemy,  the  hearts  of  Nonhamp- 
the  Indians  retaining'  a  £>:reat  love  for  the  ^"''^  ^°""^y" 
memory  or    our  iirlt  worthy  proprietary  treaty. 
William  Penn,  terming  Friends  his  chil- 
dren, that  I  believe  they  were  a  great  blef- 
ling  in  the  hand  of  God,  to  the  govern- 
ment of  this  province  for  the  refcoratioa 
of  peace  with  fuch  an  enraged  enemy,  wha 
had  been  permitted  to  be  an  heavy  rod  of 
chafLifement  on  this  land  ;  yet  remark- 
able it  was,  that  through  the  prote(5lion 
of  the  Almighty,  which  v/as  as  the  flia- 
dow  of  a  mighty  rock  in  a  wearied  land, 
few  called  by  our  name  were  ill  ufed  du»     * 
ring  all  this  calamity. 

I 
There  were  three  Indian  men  accom- 
panied us  as  far  as  Fort-Allen,  Mofes 
Tatamy,  and  two  others  ;  we  travelled 
much  in  the  night  and  through  a  great 
rain,  ftormy  and  cold  v/eather,  to  reach 
that  place  to  which  we  came  the  next 
morning,  and  the  captain  received  us  ve- 
ry civilly,  and  I  thought  did  what  he 
could  to  be  of  fervice  to  us,  and  behaved 
very, kindly  and  friendly  to  the  Indians, 
\yhich  they  feemed  to  take  well  j   at  firft 


treaties. 


C    io8    ] 

fight  the  Indians  appeared  dreadful  to  be- 
hold, as  to  anger  and  revenge  in  their 
countenances,  with  their  painted  warlike 
looks  and  weapons,  and  were  very  fhy  ; 
yet  after  fome  friendly  converfation,  and 
their  receiving  a  few  fmall  prefencs  which 
tndian  wc  Carried  with  us  for  fonie  of  their  Chiefs, 
they  appeared  in  a  quite  different  difpoli- 
tion  before  we  parted ;  but  could  not  be 
prevailed  wich  to  come  to  the  treaty,  be- 
caufe  of  their  word  and  the  engagement 
they  had  made  among  themfelves,  to  de- 
pute Tedyufcung,  their  cheif  man,  to 
tranfacl  the  bufinefs  with  the  government 
on  their  behalf;  in  confirmation  of  their 
continuing  in  this  mind,  they  fent  a  faring 
of  Wampum  by  Mofes  Tatamy  ;  after  a 
further  time  of  free  converfation  they  ap- 
peared flill  more  pleafed,  and  as  I  thought 
out  of  Icve  to  us,  fent  two  of  their  young 
men  to  accompany  us  back,  we  parted 
with  them  in  love,  our  endeavours  appear- 
ed to  be  well  taken  by  them,  and  I  hope 
were  of  fervice,  altho'  none  of  them  but 
the  two  young  men  came  with  us  to  Eaf- 
ton  ;  we  ventured  our  lives,  and  went 
through  hardfhips  to  perform  thiserrajid  ; 

but 


[     109     3 

but  through  the  mercy  and  kindnefs  off  i„jian 
the  Lord  we  were  preferved  ;  for  which 
my  loul  had  caufe  to  be  thankful  to  his 
great  and  good  name. — At  the  other  two 
treaties,  I  underwent  with  feveral  faith- 
ful hearts,  a  deal  of  inward  fuffering  and 
anxiety  of  fpirit ;  a  dark  and  difmal  cloud 
of  opposition  appearing  to  the  good  work 
of  peace  ;  but  the  minds  of  Friends  being 
kept  fo  as  to  look  unto  the  Lord  Al- 
mighty, we  had  many  extraordinary  good 
meetings  in  waiting  and  thinking  on  him, 
and  his  dear  beloved  Son  Chrifl  Jefus,  and 
at  times  in  thofe  meetings,  the  darknefs 
would  pafs  away,  and  the  true  light  would 
fhine  to  the  renewing  the  hope  of  the 
humble  ;  and  the  Lord,  magnified  be  his 
nam^  !  pvofpered  the  endeavours  of  thofe 
faithful  labourers,  who  had  at  heart  this 
defirable  work  of  peace,  and  I  believe  they 
wiU  be  heirs  of  that  bleiiing,  wherein 
Chriiltermeththepeace makers'-  Bleffed," 
and  calleth  them  the  "  children  of  God." 

In   the  year  1757,  I  met  with  a  near      ,75. 
trial  in  the  death  of  my  eideft  daughter 
Abigail,  who  departed  this  life  the  23d 

day 


L     no     ] 

day  of  the  fifth  month,  in  the  21  ft  yeai* 
year  of  her  age,  which  great  change  I  hope 
to  be  her  everlafting  gain  ;  feme  of  her 
laft  words  were,  "  Sweet  Lcrd  receive  my 
^^foul"  and  went  from  this  world  in  the 
bloom  of  life,  in  acceptance  I  hope  with 
God  ;  my  wife's  mother  having  departed 
this  life  on  the  29th  of  the  fifth  month 
1753,  ^"^  ^  hope  is  at  reft  with  the  Lord  5 
this  burial  of  my  dear  child,  made  the 
eighth  out  of  my  family,  and  after  all 
thefe  many  ftrippings  and  trials,  I  have 
found  it  good  to  truft  in  God,  and  do  my 
beft  endeavours.  My  dear  daughter  Sa- 
rah and  myfelf  were  now  all  of  my  fami- 
ly, and  the  Lord's  blefiings  and  mercies 
continuing  to  accompany  us,  with  the  near 
unity  and  company  at  times  of  faithful 
loving  Friends,  would  unite  my  heart  to 
the  flock  and  family  of  Chrift  my  dear 
Lord,  and  to  thofe  that  are  within  the 
walls  of  the  falvation  of  God  ;  and  great 
hath  been  the  fatisfaclion  that  I  have  re- 
ceived in  communion  with  thofe  that  are 
of  Jerufalem,  for  "  Peace  is  witbin  her 
walls ^  and profperity  within  her  Palaces^'', 
and  oh  !  the  goodnefs  and  kindnefs  of  a 

compaftionate 


L    Tii    ] 

compaflionate  God  in  helping  and  defend- 
ing me  a  poor  creature,  and  bleffing 
the  labour  and  travail  of  my  foul  in  his 
righteous  caufe,  with  the  enjoyment  of 
peace  at  times,  beyond  my  ability  to  fet 
forth,  Glory ^  honour^  and praife  to  his  great 
Name  for  evermore  ! 

A  WEIGHTY  concern  attendins: 
bur  Yearly- Pvleeting  in  1758,  for  a  fur-  ^^ss. 
ther  reformation  from  the  praclice  of  ^J,""/^^" 
keeping  flaves  for  term  of  life,  feveral 
Friends  with  myid^^  v/ere  appointed 
to  vifit  thofe  members  of  our  religious 
fociety,  who  held  them  in  bondage,  in 
order  to  advife  for  their  liberty,  it  being 
beheved  by  the  truly  confcientious,  to  be 
a  great  iniquity  to  keep  them  or  their 
children,  and  children's  children  in  per- 
petualcaptivity;  agreeable  to  this  appoint- 
ment, I  went  in  company  with  my  Friends 
John  Scarborough  and  John  Woolman, 
to  feveral  fuch  families  in  Chefter  county^, 
to  whom  I  hope  v/e  Faithfully  difcharged 
our  duty  ;  on  our  return  from  this  vifit 
we  were  at  a  burial  at  Uwchland,  and 
at  the  Monthly-Mceting  at  Gofhen, 
R  where 


county. 


C    112    ] 

1758.  where  we  met  our  Friend  Jofeph  White-, 
eheficr  and  to  anfwer  the  appointment  of  our 
Yearly-Meeting  for  lettnng  theWeftern 
Quarterly-Meeting,  at  Londongrove,  I 
went  with  the  above  named  Friends  to 
the  minifters  meeting  held  for  the  firft 
time  at  that  place,  which  was  on  the  fe- 
venth  day  of  the  week  ;  oa  the  next  day 
I  was  at  Nev/- Garden  meeting,  and  on  the 
following  day,  being  the  fecond  of  the 
week,  at  that  at  Londongrove,  held  for 
worfhip  and  the  difcipline  of  the  church, 
which  was  very  large,  and  I  hope  favour- 
ed in  a  good  degree  wdth  the  beft  wifdom, 
(our  Friends  Samuel  Spavold,  and  Mary 
Kirby  from  01d=England,  were  alfo  at 
this  Quarterly-Meeting)  we  had  been  the 
week  before  at  the  Quarterly-Meeting  at 
Concord,  which  I  hope  was  of  fervice  to 
many  ; — after  Londongrove  meeting  I  re- 
turned homewards  in  company  with  our 
Friends  Jofeph  White,  Ifrael  Pemberton 
and  feveral  others  as  far  as  Chefter,  where 
fome  of  us  parted  with  our  Friend-  Jo- 
feph, he  intending  to  embark  there  in 
the  fervice  of  truth,  on  board  a  veflcl 


bound  for  England, 


Shortly 


C     "3    ] 

Shortly  after  this  journey  I  went  to  New- 
Mountholly  meeting,  and  to  the  C)uarter- 
ly-Meeting  at  Crofwicks,  and  joining 
company  with  my  Friends  John  Sykes 
and  John  Woolman,  performed  vidts  to 
many  places  where  they  had  Haves  in 
bondage,  and  I  hope  in  true  love ;  after 
which,  and  a  folid  meeting  at  Mansfield,^ 
I  returned  home  with  great  peace  in  my 
own  bofom. 

Having  intheyear  1757,  made fome  pi.^j^j^i^ 
fome  progrefs  in  company  with  my  Friend  p^i^- 
John  Pemberton,  in  a  religious  villt  to 
the  famiUes  of  Friends  in  this  city,  both  of 
fuch  as  v/ere  in  unity,  and  thofe  who 
made  fome  profeffion  among  us,  we  pro- 
ceeded on  and  in  theyear  1 760  compleated 
the  viiit  to  above  Rve  hundred  families  in 
the  city,  the  northern  liberties,  and  over 
Schuylkill,  which  gave  relief  to  my  mind, 
that  we  were  enabled  to  accomplish  fo 
weighty  an  undertaking,  wdiich  w- as  kind- 
ly received,  and  I  believe  by  many  in  that 
love,  wherev/ith  the  Lord  by  his  council 
andgoodnefs  accompanied  us  from  place  to 
R  2  place. 


L     "4    ] 

xyffo.  place,  and  I  hope  they  v/erc  feafons  of  ten- 
der viiitation  to  many  fouls;  from  the  time 
we  began  this  vifit  I  was  moftly  at  home, 
only  as  I  performed  the  journeys  before- 
mentionedjand  at  fome  other  times  vifited 
the  neighbouring  meetings  in  Pennfylva- 
nia  and  Nevv-Jerfey,  wherein  I  truft  I  v;as 
in  a  good  degree  clear  in  the  fight  of  the 
Lord  ;  my  heart  being  given  up  at  times 
to  his  bleffed  requirings  ; — in  a  fliort  time 
after  this  family  vifit,  I  v/ent  as  far  as 
Maiden  creek,  in  company  with  my  Friend 
James  Starr,  and  was  at  an  evening 
meeting,  which  was  large  and  edifying, 
held  in  his  father's  houfe  ;  from  hence  I 
went  to  Reading,  Exeter,  the  Forreft, 
Jacob  Thomas's,  and  New-Providence, 
and  had  large  meetings  at  feveral  of  thefe 
places,  much  to  my  own  relief  and  com- 
fort, and  I  hope  to  the  fatisfaclion  of 
others,  for  I  found  Friends  thereaway  to 
be  loving  and  tender  hearted,  which  near- 
ly united  my  fpirit  to  many  of  them,  as 
ihecp  of  my  Heavenly  Father's  fold,  and  I 
truft  as  they  are  faithful  to  Divine  Know- 
ledge, that  the  Lord  will  profperhis  work 
among    them;  my  worthy  Friend  Ellis 

Hugh, 


C    115   ] 

Hugh,  accompanied  me  to  feveral  of  thefc       i7<s». 
meetings,  and  his  gofpel  labours  were  ac- 
ceptable ;  after  Providence  meeting,!  went 
to  an  evening  meeting  belonging  to  Ply- 
mouth, and  the  next  day  came  home. 


Bucks 
county. 


In  a  little  time  after  I  went  with  my 
Friend  Jofeph  Harriot  to  a  large  general 
and  youth's  meeting  at  Newtown  in  Bucks 
county,  which  held  part  of  two  days, 
where  I  met  with  a  kind  reception,  and 
was  favoured  in  the  Lord's  love,  to  enjoy 
his  living  prefence  among  his  children  and 
people  thereaway  ;  then  returning  home, 
it  being  our  Quarterly-Meeting,  my  dear 
Friend  Samuel  Nottingham  from  Tortola 
was  there,  and  at  the  youth's  meeting  the 
next  day,  v/hen  the  Lord's  faving  pre- 
fence was  made  manifefl among  the  young 
people,  to  the  rejoicing  the  upright  in 
heart  j — ^the  next  meetings  1  was  at  out  of 
town  were  at  a  general  meeting  at  Derby, 
and  at  the  burial  of  Robert  Thomas  at 
Abington,  and  at  the  iirft  day  meeting  at  ^^'^^'-stc^. 
By  berry,  v;hich  were  large  folid  feafons, 
wherei:!  I  found  an  opennefs  among 
friends  in  the  love  of  the  gofpel  j  as  alfo 

where 


C    "^    ] 

,760.     where  I  vlfited  the  Hck  and  the  families 
of  fome  Friends  ;  1  was  alfo  at  a  firft  day 
Kew'jcr-     Kieeting  at  Haddonfield,  at  a  large  meet- 
^"^5"  ing  at  Chefter  at  the  burial   of   Robert 

French,  a  Friend  in  the  miniflry  who  was 
much  beloved  and  valued  as  a  good  Ex- 
ample among  Friends  where  he  had  lived, 
and  I  thought  thefe  meetings  were  owned 
with  the  beft  of  help  and  inilruclion  in  a 
a  good  degree,  for  the  profit  of  the  peo- 
ple ; — I  was  alfo  at  a  large  m.eeting  at  Ply- 
mouth in  Pennfylvania,  on  occafion  of 
the  burial  of  Jofeph  Wain,  at  which  was 
alfo  our  Friend  Jane  Crosfield  from  Eng- 
land, who  bore  a  large  and  living  teftimo- 
ny  to  truth,  and  in  which  meeting  gofpel 
labour  was  beilowed  with  defign  for  the 
everl  ailing  benefit  of  the  the  people,  which 
I  wiih  may  turn  to  the  good  of  their  never- 
dying  fouls  ; — I  vifited  Fair-Hill,  and  was 
at  a  large  meeting  at  Germantown,  at  the 
burial  of  Derick  Johnfon,  and  at  the  firft 
day  meeting  at  Frankfort,  in  which  meet- 
ings I  found  a  degree  of  opennefs,  to 
bear  a  teftimony  to  the  way  of  truth,  and 
I  hope  the  fpring  of  life  was  opened  to  the 

comfort 


C     117     ] 

comfort    of    fome    tenderhearted    ones      ,7j>, 
amoneft  them. 


o 


Having  been  under  a  weighty  con- 
cern of  mind  in  gofpel  love,  for  feveral  MaryimJ, 
years  at  times  to  vilit  the  fouthern  pro-  Noftrik 
vinces  on  this  continent,  I  acquainted  ro^nl^^'^ 
Friends  at  our  monthly  meeting  with 
the  exercife  that  lay  upon  me,  with  which 
they  having  unity,  were  free  to  allow 
me  their  certificate,  and  on  the  19th  of  the 
twelfth  month  1760,  I  left  my  outward 
habitation,  and  my  daughter  Sarah  to 
abide  with  my  kind  Friends  Reuben  and 
Margaret  Hains  during  my  abfence ; 
Iiaac  Zane  being  my  companion  on  this 
journey,  we  fet  forward  accompanied  by 
many  loving  Friends  feveral  miles  over 
Schuylkill,  when  we  parted  in  tender 
love,  and  went  home  with  our  Friend  Ro- 
bert Valentine  that  night,  and  had  a  [olid 
meeting  the  next  day  at  his  houfe  in 
Downing's-town  ;  after  which  we  went 
on  and  reached  Lancafter,  and  the  next 
day  were  at  their  firft  day  meeting,  which 
tho'  fmall,  was  attended  with  life  and 
fome     degree    of    near     unity  ;     Ifaac 

Y\rhitelock 


[     1.8     ] 

i7<jo.  Whitelock  was  fo  kind  as  to  conduce  us  id 
Sufquehanna,  and  further  to  fevcral 
meetings ;  it  was  with  great  difScuky 
through  much  ice  that  we  croiTed  over 
this  river,  from  thence  we  got  to  York- 
town,  and  had  the  next  day  a  tender  edi- 
fying meeting  there,  the  day  following  we 
crofTed  a  river  through  which  our  horfes 
were  fwam,  and  went  to  Newberry  meet- 
ing in  the  Redlands,  which  was  a  tender 
comfortable  fcafon  ;  from  thence  we  got 
on  our  way  to  Warrington,  Huntington^ 
andManalin,  which  were  meetings  I  hope 
moftly  to  folid  advantage^  and  fome  of 
them  pretty  iarge  ;  we  came  next  to  Pipe 
creek,  Bufh  creek,  and  Monokefly  in  the 
Maryland,  government  of  Maryland,  where  we  had 
fmall  meetings  ;  the  firfl  was  a  folid  fea- 
fon,  the  others  tho'  attended  with  hard  la- 
bour, I  hope  it  was  received  in  love  ;  af- 
ter the  lail  meeting,  we  went  forward 
crofTing  the  river  Patowmac  into  Virgi- 
nia ;  the  next  meetings -were  Fairfax, 
Goofe  creek.  Potts  or  the  Gap,  fome  of 
which  v/ere  largely  favoured  with  folid 
comfort  and  fatisfaclion,  there  appearing 
many  dear  Friends  vv'ith  whom  1  had  near 

unity 

m 


[     M9     ] 

lenity  in  fpirit  j  from  the  lad  place  we      i,6«. 
travelled  till  we  got  over  Shanondore-ri- 
ver,  and  lodged  at  John  Veftal's,  where 
we  had  a  foiid  feafon  in  the  family  ;  a  deep 
fnovv  falling  that  night  made  it  the  more 
difficult  for  us  to  get  forward  the  next 
day  to  William  Jolliff's  beyond  Opeckan,  viiginh. 
which  after  a  long  cold  ride  we  reached, 
and  were  received  in  love,  and  the  next 
day  were  at  Hopwell  meeting,  being  the 
firfl  day  of  the  week,  and  at  their  Month- 
ly-Meeting the  day  following,  both  which 
were  folid  feafon s  ;  the  next  meeting  was 
at  Maurice  Reea's,  in  which  there  appeared 
to  be  a  neceffity  for  an  amendment  in  the 
way  of  truth  ;  from  thence  we  came  to 
Back-creek,    and    the   widow    Lupton's 
had  two  meetings,  weighty  to  my  fpirit, 
and  I  hope  to  the  edification  of  others  ; 
I  thought  there  was  a  number  of  valuable 
Friends  in  thefe  parts ;   we  were  alfo  at 
Wincheiler,  and  had  a  large  meeting  of 
Friends  and  others,  in  the  Court-houfe, 
after  it  was  ended,  feveral  perfons  of  note 
not  profeffing  with  us  behaved  in  a  very 
loving  friendly  manner  ;   in  going  from 
thence  I  poiFcfred  fsveet  peace  in  my  own 
S  mind 


[       120      J 

S7<fc.  mind  and  went  to  RobertHalns's,  where  we 
Fusinia.  rcftcd  One  day,  and  on  firft  day  was  at 
the  meeting  at  Crooked-run,  to  which 
came  many  people  who  did  not  make 
religious  profeilion  with  us,  and  be- 
haved with  folid  attention,  and  I  hope  it 
ended  to  the  honour  of  truth  j — the  next 
day  we  went  a  great  diftance  from  Friends, 
paffing  over  rivers,  creeks,  and  ice,  and 
over  mountains,  and  a  deal  of  troublefome 
travelling,  accompanied  by  Robert  Hains 
and  Richard  Ridgway,  two  hopeful  young 
men,  to  whom  my  fpirit  was  united  in 
tender  love,  we  were  hard  fet  to  get  en- 
tertainment and  lodging  ;  late  at  night 
fome  of  us  reached  a  fmall  houfe,  in  v/hich 
was  a  great  family,  who  were  gone  to  bed  j 
v/e  were  let  into  the  houfe,  which  w^as 
an  open  cold .  place,  the  people  were  as 
kind  as  we  could  exped,  endeavouring 
to  provide  us  with  lodging,  but  it  was  fo 
cold  I  could  not  lay  long,  but  got  up  and 
fat  by  the  fire  great  part  of  the  night,  and 
to  fecure  our  horfes  they  were  put  in  a 
little  fquare  penn,  fcant  of  provender  ;  the 
next  morning,  after  fome  friendly  con- 
verfation  with  the  family,  we  fet  forward, 

and 


C   121   J 

and  came  to  John  Douglafs's,  and  the  nso. 
next  day  had  a  large  pretty  good  meet-  Virginia. 
ingat  the  faid  Friend's  houfe;  from  thence 
we  came  to  Camp-creek,  Fork-creek,  and 
Jannito,  and  were  at  meetings,  fome  of 
which  were  large,  and  in  a  good  degree 
attended  with  the  fpring  of  life  and  power; 
next  day  after  the  lafl:  mentioned  meeting 
we  crofled  James-river  and  another  river 
not  far  diflant,  and  was  at  a  meeting  at 
Amelia  the  day  following,  in  which  I  had 
fome  comfort  of  mind,  it  was  pretty  larger 
from  John  Johnfon's  we  travelled  a  great 
diftance  to  South-river,  and  being  over- 
taken by  the  night  were  loft  by  taking  a 
wrong  road,  which  occafioned  us  to  tra- 
vel many  miles  extraordinary,  and  were 
hard  fet  to  find  any  houfe,  but  by  hearing 
a  horfes's  bell  we  took  to  a  little  path, 
which  brought  us  juft  to  William  Pane's, 
and  by  calling  he  came  to  us,  conducted  to 
his  houfe,  and  was  kind  to  us;  after 
feeding  our  horfes,  guided  us  to  Sarah 
Linche's,  and  by  the  time  we  got  there,  it 
was  about  half  paft  foiir  o'clock  in  the 
morning  ;  fhc-was  a  tender  loving  Friend, 
who  entertained  us  kindly  ;    we  refted 


a  few 


C       122       ] 

1760.  a  few  hours,  and  then  went  to  their  week 
Virginia,  day  meeting,  which  was  fmall  but  folid  ;" 
the  next  day  we  had  a  pretty  large  meet-^ 
ing  of  Friends  and  others  at  the  fame  place, 
in  which  tendernefs  of  heart  appeared 
among  them ;  the  next  day  we  went  to 
Goofe-creek,  a  long  ride  and  a  rough  hilly 
road,  accompanied  by  feveral  Friends, 
and  were  at  a  meeting  there  on  the  firft 
day  of  the  w^eek,  I  believe  to  fome  good 
fervice  ;  that  night  we  lodged  at  Peter 
Holland's,  laying  down  in  one  room  like 
a  flock  of  fheep  in  a  fold,  being  fixteen  in 
number  with  the  Friend's  family  ;  he  was 
a  kind  hearted  man,  and  did  what  he 
could  to,  accommodate  us  with  houfe  room 
and  otherwife,  which  1  believe  was  to  the 
fatisfachion  of  our  company,  we  had 
here  a  folid  meeting  ;  at  the  two  laft  meet- 
ings there  were  feveral  tender  lately  con- 
vinced Friends  ;  from  thence  after  near 
two  days  ride  and  pafUng  over  Stanton- 
river  we  came  to  Jofeph  Colhns's,  had 
there  a  folid  meeting  and  refted  one  day  ; 
after  which  we  were  at  Banifler  meeting, 
where  came  many  people,  and  I  hope  it 
was  a  profitable  feafon  to  a  remnant ;  we 

went 


C       123       ] 

went  from  thence  to  Richard  Kirby's  and  1700. 
had  a  large  meeting,  they  appeared  to  be 
a  tender  fceking  people,  and  much  in  the 
fpirit  of  love  ;  we  then  came  near  the  river 
Dan  and  lodged  ;  crofTed  the  ferry  next 
day  to  James  Taylor's  in  North-CaroUna,  n  nth-Ca- 
being  many  miles,  and  were  overtaken 
by  the  night  before  ^Ve  reached  the  houfe, 
we  lodged  there  two  nights,  and  had  a 
meeting  at  Eno,  which  was  large  and  I 
hope  to  edification,  then  we  went  home 
with  Jofeph  Maddock  and  lodged,  and 
next  had  a  meeting  ac  the  Hawfields,  and 
the  Spring,  which  tho'  fmalll  thought  were 
good  meetings,  and  Friends  glad  to  fee  us ; 
from  Thomas  Lindlay's,  where  we  lodged, 
we  went  to  the  Monthly-Meeting  at  Cane-  . 
creek,  and  were  alfo  at  their  liril  day 
meeting,  which  were  large,  but  times  of 
fufFering  to  my  mind ;  from  thence  we 
proceeded  to  Rocky-river,  the  Center, 
and  Deep-river,  fome  of  which  meetings 
were  large  and  I  truft  favoured  with  the 
extending  of  God's  love  and  merciful  viii- 
tation  to  the  fouls  of  the  people  ;  we  alfb 
had  a  comfortable  foiid  time  at  Richard 
Eeafon's,  whofe  wife  had  been  a  valuable 

fcrvant 


-i>,6o.  fervant  to  the  church,  but  was  now  grown 
North-ca- .  old  and  feeble  and  much  confined  through 
infirmity  of  body ;  but  I  thought  lively 
and  fenfible  in  the  befl  things ;  we  were 
like  wife  at  the  Quarterly-Meeting  at  New- 
Garden,  at  their  minifters  meeting,  and 
that  for  bufinefs  of  thechurch,  alfo  at  their 
iirft  day  meeting  ;  the  two  laft  were  large 
and  weighty  feafons,  wherein  the  Divine 
Prefence  was  witneffed  to  the  refrelhment 
of  the  folid  minded  ; — we  were  next  at  a 
meeting  at  William  Coxe*s,  where  were 
a  pretty  many  Friends  ;  it  was  attended 
with  hard  labour,  which  Iwifh  may  not 
be  loft,  for  I  truft  it  was  honeftly  difc barg- 
ed among  them  ;  we  went  forward  to  So- 
lomon Coxe's  and  Cornelius  Tyfe's,  and 
had  a  meeting  at  each  place,  to  the  laft  of 
■which  belonged  feveral  newly  convinced 
Friends  and  tender  people,  with  whom  I 
had  folid  fatisfa6lion  ;  from  hence  we 
went  to  Pee-Dee,  accompanied  by  Jere- 
miah Picket,  lodged  one  night  in  the 
woods  on  our  way  there,  and  had  a  labo- 
rious meeting  at  this  place,  attended  by  a 
confiderable  number  of  people  I  thought 
for  this  remote  part  of  the  world,  which 

had 


[     125    ] 

had  a  humbling  rea.ch  on  fome  who  were  i,^©^ 
prefent  I  hope  ;  we  lodged  at  William 
Hall's,  and  from  thence  went  to  the  Wa- 
ter-Ree  in  South-Carolina,  accompanied  south-Ca- 
by  William  Hall,  Francis  Clark,  Jeremiah  '^^^^^ 
Picket,  and  Andrew  Mormam,  lodged 
at  Samuel  Wiley's,  had  a  tender  broken 
meeting  at  the  meeting-houfe,  much  to 
fatisfaclion  and  a  pretty  good  time  at  the 
houle  of  a  Friend  who  was  indifpofed  ; 
alfo  a  folid  time  with  a  number  of  Cataw- 
ba Indians,  and  then  returned  to  Pee-Dee  ; 
in  going  to  and  returning  from  this 
place,  we  were  two  nights  in  the  woods, 
but  faired  pretty  well,  the  weather  being 
fair  and  having  proviiions  for  ourfelves 
and  horfes,  and  my  mind  nearly  fupport- 
ed,  I  enjoyed  peace  in  the  journey  ;  on 
our  return  to  Pee-Dee,  we  were  at  their 
firft  day  meeting,  vifited  fome  fick  fami- 
lies, and  had  a  folid  evening  meeting  at 
Francis  Clark's,  where  we  lodged,  and  the 
next  day  fat  forward  for  Cape-Fear,  and 
in  our  way  were  one  night  in  the  woods, 
and  a  great  fnow  falling,  the  weather  was 
difagreeble  either  to  ftand  or  to  lay  down 
before  our  fire  ;  next  morning  we  fat  for- 
ward 


>7tJo.  Vv^ard  and  got  to  Richard  Bradley's  at: 
Cros-creek  in  Cape-Fear,  where  is  a  fmall 
town  lately  built  ;  we  had  a  meeting  in  it^ 
to  which  came  a  pretty  many  people,  fome 
North-Ca-  of  whom  Were  Friends,  and  it  was  to 
roiina.  fome  fatisfaclion  ;  our  next  meeting  was 
at  the  meeting-houfe  at  Dann's  creek, 
which  was  a  laborious  time,  and  I  wifh  it 
may  have  a  good  effedt  on  the  minds  of 
the  people,  for  I  truft  they  were  faithful- 
ly warned  both  on  account  of  their  floth- 
fulnefs  in  the  things  of  God,  and  the 
things  of  this  world ;  from  hence  we 
came  to  John  Newberry's  and  lodged, 
the  next  day  \vent  towards  Upper-Fowl- 
ing-creek,  on  Neufe-river,  flopping  in  our 
way  at  Jonathan  Evans's,  where  we  had  a 
tender  time  in  the  family,  which  I  believe 
was  wxll  received,  altho'  he  did  not  make 
profefiion  with  us  -,  his  wife  was  a  valuable 
Friend,  and  I  underfland  had  a  gift  in 
the  miniftry  ;  he  conducted  us  feveral 
miles  on  the  way  and  parted  with  us  in  love  ; 
after  we  left  this  man's  houfe  we  parted 
with^  Jeremiah  Picket  and  Francis  Clark, 
w^ho  had  accompanied  us  four  hundred 
miles  J  at  night  we  flopt  at  a  houfe  to  en- 
quire 


rolina. 


[  1*7  ] 
quire  for  entertainment,  where  was  a  wo- 
man and  feveral  children,  ilie  gave  us  li-  Noith-Ci- 
berty  for  houfe  room,  and  there  being  no 
bed  for  us  we  lay  on  the  floor,  and  it  be- 
ing cold  and  afnow  falling,  we  were  fomc- 
times  obliged  to  get  to  the  fire  fide  to  warm 
us  ;  it  was  a  trying  time  to  myfpirit ;  yet  I 
thought  we  v/ere  better  off  than  when  in" 
the  woods  and  fnowafew  nights  bei^ore; 
we  came  the  next  day  to  Thomas  Coxe's, 
where  we  had  a  meeting,  and  the  people 
warned  to  prepare  for  their  final  change, 
•  mortality  founded  aloud  in  thefe  parts, 
and  feveral  feemed  to  fpeak  with  a  mourn- 
ful voice,  concerning  the  death  both  of 
man  and  beaft. 

After  v7C  crofTed  Rock-fifh,  Cape- 
Fear,  and  Neufe  rivers,  we  were  accom- 
panied by  Richard  Coxe  to  John  Rad- 
cliff's,  and  having  a  pretty  large  fatisfac- 
tory  meeting  at  Lower-Falling-creek,  we 
,  came  many  miles  accompanied  by  Mofes 
RatclifFto  James  Rofs's,  a  dear  Friend  not 
long  convinced  of  the  way  of  truth,  who 
did  all  he  could  to  make  us  welcome,  and 
we  had  here  a  uniting  relieving  time  in 
T  waiting 


[     i:8    ] 

1760.      \vajting  upon  God,  and  after  a  meeting  of 
North-ca-   rclicrious  iervice  at  Henry  Horn's  in  Edsr- 

lolina.  ^'  .  -^  ^ 

comb  on  Tarr-river,  and  a  folid  time  in 
his  family,  the  next  day  we  rode  many . 
miles  accompanied  by  James  Rofs  toMofes 
Hall's  and  lodged,  in  whofe  family  I  was 
much  comforted  and  united  to  fuch  I  be- 
.  lieve  that  kept  their  places  in  the  blefied 
truth  ;  alter  an  open  tender  meeting  at 
llich-fquare,  and  a  near  parting  with  fe- 
veral  Friends,  we  came  to  John  Cowp- 
land's,  where  we  had  a  meeting  to  folid 
advantage,  and  1  hope  profit  to  the  peo-* 
pie  ;  we  then  went  to  Thomas  Cowpland's 
and  lodged,  and  the  next  day  croiTed  a 
pretty  large  river,  and  after  a  long  ride, 
through  a  dirty  tifefome  road,  we  reached 
Thomas  Nevv'by's,  who  and  his  wife  are 
worthy  kind  Friends  to  the  Lord's  fervants 
and  particularly  helpful  to  me  in  feveral 
refpecls  ;  on  the  firfl;  day  of  the  week  we 
were  at  a  meeting  at  Wells,  which  was 
large,  and  I  thought  folidly  favoured, 
with  the  confolation  of  truth,  and  feveral 
advices  given  forth  in  the  love  and  fear  of 
God,  and  humble  contrition  of  heart  I 
hope  was  ofTercd  up  before  the  Lord  that 

day  5 


rolina. 


[       129       ] 

day  ;  the  two  next  meetings  were  Old-  i7<5o. 
Neck,  and  Little-river,  both  which  were  North-ca- 
large,  and  in  the  openings  of  the  gift  of 
life  I  had  to  difcharge  that  trufl  which 
I  apprehended  was  required  of  me,  and 
found  a  choice  number  of  loving  Friends 
hereaway,  both  old-  and  young,  with 
whom  I  had  to  rejoice  in  our  Heavenly 
Father's  love  ;  we  lodged  at  Thomas  Ni- 
cholfon's  and  went  to  the  next  meeting 
at  Simon's-creek  and  New-begun-creek, 
which  were  large  and  folidly  edifying,  the 
current  of  love  and  life  running  freely 
among  the  people,  to  the  watering  the  he- 
ritage of  God  ;  we  were  alfo  at  a  Friend's 
named  Trueblood,  where  was  a  great  ga- 
thering of  people,  and  the  word  of  life 
freely  preached  among  them,  they  were 
well  behaved,  and  feveral  parted  from  the 
meeting  in  a  fober  friendly  manner  ;  the 
next  m^eeting  was  over  the  river  by  Old- 
Neck,  when  it  was  ended  we  returned, 
and  were  at  the  burial  of  a  child  of  Daniel 
Saint,  and  had  a  folid  meeting  at  his 
houfe,  from  thence  we  came  to  Jofeph 
New^by's  and  lodged,  and  the  next  day, 
being  the  firfl  of  the  week,  we  vv^erc  at 
;  ^'  2  Finey- 


C    130   ] 

,750.  Pincy -woods  meeting,  which  was  vtvf 
North-ca-  large  and  comforcably  owned  with  life 
and  power  ;  from  Thomas  Newby's  we 
went  to  a  diftant  meeting,  which  waS'  2 
hard  fuffering  time,  we  were  alfo  at  the 
Monthly-Meeting  at  Weils,  which  was  ve- 
ry large  and  to  edification,  being  thelaft 
meeting  I  was  at  in  North-Carolina,  after 
which  I  parted  with  feveral  Friends  in 
much  love,  and  I  hope  many  of  thole  op- 
portunities will  be  remembred  by  the  liv- 
ing with  my  foul,  and  I  vvifh  it  m^ay  be 
with  thankfulnefs  to  the  Lord,  that  is 
worthy  of  all  the  praife,  honour  and  glo- 
ry ! 

VircTinia.  ^^  camc  ncxt  day  into  Virginia,  and' 

were  at  a  meeting  at  Sommerton,  which 
was  to  fome  fatisfaclion  ;  the  next  was  at 
Lazarus  Johnfon's,  from  whence  we  went 
to  John  Denfon's  and  lodged,  and  the 
day  following  were  at  a  meeting  at  Black- 
creek,  which  was  attended  with  folid  in- 
llrudion,  a  confiderable  number  of  Friends 
belonging  to  the  fame  ;  we  then  came  to 
James  Stanton's  and  Jofeph  Weft's^  and 
had  meetings,  to  the  laft  of  which  came 

a 


I  131  ] 

a  colonel  of  the  county,  and  a  confidera-  17/jc, 
ble  number  of  people,  and  the  good  pow-  Virginia- 
er  of  truth  prevailed  among  us  that  day, 
which  I  hope  was  of  fervice  ;  then  pafling 
over  Notawa  ferry  we  came  to  James  Jor- 
dan's and  lodged,  and  from  thence  to  the 
Weftern-branch  Monthly-Meeting,  at 
which  were  many  people  and  an  open  time  ; 
the  next  meetings  we  went  to  were  at 
Rafconeck,  and  Chucatuck,  which  laft  I 
was  informed  had  been  one  of  the  largell 
meetins^s  in  Viro-inia,  but  is  now  reduced 
to  two  or  three  families,  and  things  were 
at  a  low  ebb  among  them,  the  other  lome- 
what  open,  and  attended  by  feveral  who 
did  not  profefs  .with  Friends  ;  from  James 
Denfon's  we  came  over  Nanfemund-river 
to  Samuel  Fitzrandal's  and  lodged,  and 
on  the  feventh  and  lirft  days  of  the  week, 
we  were  at  the  Spring  Yearly-Meeting  at 
Nanfemund,  which  I  hope  was  in  the  main 
v/ell  and  fomewhat  large,  confidering  the 
feafon,  which  was  wet ;  we  were  at  Eliza- 
beth Burleigh's  one  night,  where  we  had 
a  folid  evening  meeting  ;  when  the  Year-  ' 
ly  meeting  was  over,  we  went  home  with 
Samuel  Jordan,  fpent  a  little  time  wdth 

him. 


C    132   J 

,y^o.  I^ii^j  then  went  with  Thomas  Newby  tO 
Virginia.  Jofeph  Scott's  and  lodged,  and  the  next 
day  v/ere  at  a  meeting  at  William  Holio- 
well's,  that  gave  me  feme  eafe  of  mind, 
lodged  at  Jacob  CornwaH's,  and  the  next 
day  were  at  Surry  meeting,  which  was 
large,  and  attended  moiUy  by  people  not 
profeffing  with  us,  who  behaved  foberly, 
and  I  believe  it  was  a  profitable  feafon 
and  ended  well ;  the  next  was  the  Month- 
ly-Meeting at  Black- water,  that  part  for 
worfhip  was  large,  and  the  good  prefence 
and  power  of  the  Lord  prevailed  am.ong 
us  to  the  uniting  our  hearts  to  each  other, 
and  I  thought  the  meeting  for  bufinefs 
might  have  been  well,  had  not  worldly 
matters  been  brought  in  among  them  ; 
from  Hanflem  Bayley's  we  went  to  Bur- 
leigh meeting,  which  was  large  and  folid  ; 
from  thence  we  came  to  Glofter  Hunni- 
•  cut's,  and  had  a  large  meeting,  moftly  of 
people  who  did  not  profefs  with  Friends, 
which  was  owned  with  Divine  Strength 
and  Power,  wherein  I  had  comfort  of 
mind  ;  from  thence  we  came  to-  Edward 
Stabler's  and  lodged,  and  on  the  firfl  day 
of  the  week  had  a  very  large   meeting  at 

Pcterfburg, 


i:  '33  1 

Peterfburg,  to  which  came  a  great  niim-  nsc 
ber  of  people  from  the  town  and  country,  viigmia. 
and  many  Friends  a  confiderable  diftance, 
and  tiirough  the  Lord's  helping  hand  liis 
Great  Name  was  praifed,  who  is  worthy 
for  ever  !  the  next  large  meeting  was  at 
the  burial  of  an  antient  Friend  near  Wi- 
panoak,  it  v/as  held  in  an  orchard,  wms  an 
awfulfolid  time  andof  brokennefs  of  heart 
among  the  people  ;  the  next  was  at  Wil- 
liam Butler's  at  the  marriage  of  his  daugh- 
ter, where  were  many  people,  and  the 
meeting  wasfatisfaclory  in  a  good  degree^ 
from  hence  we  returned  to  Edward  Sta- 
bier's  and  ftaid  one  night ;  after  which  we 
went  forward  and  crolTed  James-river  ac- 
companied by  our  kind  Friend  John  Plea- 
fants  and  his  wife,  who  took  us  to  their 
houfe  and  gave  us  a  kind  welcome,  and 
were  the  next  day  at  Curl's  meeting,  which 
was  large  tho'  not  many  Friends,  it  was  a 
laborious  time,  things  being  low  as  to  the 
growth  of  truth  ;  after  this  meeting  we 
came  to  John  Pleafant's,  kinfman  to  the 
laft  mentioned  John,  and  lodged  onenight,  • 
who  we  had  met  with  in  North-CaroHna, 
^nd  w^as    a  loving   Friend  and    brother 

to 


C    134   ] 

t-jso.  to  US,  was  with  us  at  many  meetingSy 
Virguua.  and  his  company  valuable  and  fer vice- 
able  to  me,  and  my  fpirit  was  nearly 
united  to  him  ;  from  his  houfe  we  went  to 
White-Oak-Sv^amp  meeting,  v/hich  was 
large  and  to  good  fatisfaclion  ;  the  next 
day  we  were  at  Wyanoak  meeting,  where 
came  a  colonel  and  many  people  of  note, 
both  Friends  and  others  that  behaved  fober, 
and  the  meeting  ended  well ;  from  thence 
we  went  to  Skimanone,  and  in  our  way 
crolTedChicahomoRy  with  John  Pleafants, 
who  had  been  our  companion  in  feveral 
places,  and  another  Friend  that  were  our 
y  guides,  and  on  the  firfl  day  of  the  week 

were  at  a  meeting  at  James  Bates's  where 
came  a  large  number  of  people  not  of  our 
fociety,  and  many  Friends  from  a  confidera- 
bledillance,  and  I  hope  it  Vv^asa  time  of  pro- 
fit and  edification,  for  which  my  foul  had 
caufe  to  be  thankful  to  the  Mafter  of  our 
alTemblies  j  we  had  alfo  a  folid  tender 
time  the  fame  evening  at  Fleming  Bates's, 
when  things  were  fpoken  to  in  the  fpring 
of  life  and  power,  and  our  hearts  were 
united  together  in  gofpel  fellowfliip ;  the 
next  day   we  came  a  great  diftance  to 

Robert 


•  t    135   3 

"Robert  Ellifon's  and  lodged,  and  the  day  i^d. 
following  were  at  Black-creek  meeting,  Virginia. 
which  was  large  and  a  w^eighty  laborious 
time,  and  altho*  I  had  hard  labour  I  pof- 
ieffed  peace  of  mind  ;  the  next  meeting 
was  at  Chicahomony-Swamp,  at  which 
were  many  people  not  of  our  perfuaiion, 
and  it  was  a  folid  good  opportunity  ;  from 
thence  we  came  to  Jofeph  Parfon's,  where 
we  had  a  meeting  in  his  barn,  which  I 
hope  tended  to  fome  good  fervicc,  there 
being  a  pretty  many  people  prefent ;  the 
next  meeting  was  at  Cedar-creek,  where 
came  feveralthat  were  reputed  great  men, 
and  many  people,  Friends  and  others  ;  it 
was  a  folid  time,  which  afforded  fweet 
peace  to  my  mind  ;  we  went  from  thence 
to  Micajah  Terrell's,  Samuel  Hargrave's, 
and  John  Chegle's,  and  were  at  their  firfl: 
day  meeting  at  Caroline,  which  was  ve-  ' 

ry  large,  and  flrength  afforded  to  eafe  my 
burden  that  I  had  long  borne  towards  this 
part  of  the  world,  and  was  I  hope  an 
awakening  time  to  fome  then  prefent ;  af- 
ter it  ended  I  parted  affedionately  with 
feveral  dear  Friends,  it  being  the  lafl  meet- 
ing in  Virginia,  only  a  folid  feafon  at  a 
U'  Friend's 


C     1^6    1 

,76r.  Friend's  houfe  where  welodged,  then  went 
forward  with  Micaj  ah  Terrell  for  the  Year- 
ly-Meeting at  Weit-river  in  Maryland. 

Maryland.  We  crofTed  Rappahanock  and  Potow- 
mack  rivers,  and  another  ferry,  and  got 
to  the  ClifTts  to  William  Harris's,  who  re- 
ceived us  kindly,  after  along  wearifome 
ride  ;  the  next  day  we  had  a  meeting  at 
the  ClifTts,  atwhich  were  many  people,  it 
w^as  a  folid  time  and  I  hope  the  witnefs  in 
fome  was  reached  y  we  were  alfo  at  a  meet- 
ing at  Herring-creek,  which  was  fmall 
and  I  was  doubtful  almofl  lifelefs  as  to  the 
true  zeal  for  Divine  Worfhip,  which  gave 
me  pain  of  heart  among  them  ;  the  next 
day  we  came  to  Philip  Thomas's  at  Wefl- 
river,  and  remaining  there,  attended  the 
Yearly-Meeting,  which  lafled  feveral  days ; 
it  was  large  and  greatly  favoured  with  the 
vifitation  of  God's  love,  through  Jefus 
Chrift,  to  the  people,  and  was  an  uniting 
time  to  the  faithful ;  when  this  meeting 
ended,  my  companion  Ifaac  Zaneleft  me, 
in  order  to  return  home;  I  went  to  Jo- 
fcph  Richardfon's  and  dined,  and  then  to 
Tilit  my  aunt  Mary  Henderfon,my  father's 

ilfter3. 


[     ^37     ] 

fiiler,  whom  I  had  not  feen  for  feveral  1751. 
years,  and  thought  had  been  dead,  until  Maryland. 
a  Friend  informed  me  at  the  time  of  this 
Yearly- Meeting  of  her  being  living;  I 
ftaid  there  one  night,  and  altho'  fhe  did 
not  profefs  with  us,  being  of  the  church  of 
England  fo  called,  I  believe  was  a  religi- 
ous woman,  and  of  good  repute  *,  fhe  was 
glad  to  fee  me,  1  thought  had  a  refpecl 
for  Friends,  and  parted  with  me  in  a  kind 
tender  manner,  and  not  long  after  de- 
parted this  life.o 

I  w  E  N  T  to  a  meeting  a  few  miles  from 
thence,  which  was  folid,  and  from  it 
home  with  Gerrard  Hopkins,  and  the  next 
day  with  feveral  Friends  to  Indian-fpring 
meeting,  which  v/as  to  good  fatisfadion, 
lodged  at  Richard  Snowdon's,  and  was 
next  at  Sandy- fpring  meeting,  Vv^here 
came  Friends  from  feveral  diftant  places, 
and  it  was  a  folid  time ;  from  James  Brooks's 
I  went  home  with  Henry  Pierpoint,  and 
was  the  next  day  at  Elkridge^  which  was 
a  large  meeting,  and  faithful  labour  iu 
gofpel  love  bellowed  among  them,  which 
I  willi  may  have  the  defired  effecl,  lodged 
U  2  at 


c  138  : 

ij6i.  at  Jofeph  Pierpoint's,  and  was  the  next 
Maryland,  day  at  Patapfco  meeting,  which  J  hope 
was  in  the  main  well  ;  then  went  with 
Samuel  Hopkins  to  his  houfe,  and  the 
next  day  to  Gunpowder  meeting,  where 
the  living  fountain  was  I  thought  in  fome 
meafure  unfealed  to  edification  and  com- 
fort 'y  I  alfo  went  to  the  meeting  at  the 
Little-falls,  at  which  were  many  people, 
and  the  good  power  of  truth  prevailed 
among  us  I  hope  to  folid  fatisfaclion ; 
lodged  that  night  at  Henry  Wilfon's,  and 
the  next  day  was  at  Bulh-river  meeting, 
many  Friends  being  there,  it  was  a  time 
of  comfort  to  my  mind  ;  went  home  with 
James  Rigby  and  his  wife,  ftaid  one  night, 
and  next  day  attended  a  large  meeting 
at  Deer-creek,  which  was  an  awful  heart- 
tendering  feafon,  wherein  the  truly  living, 
with  my  foul,  had  caufe  to  afcribe  thankf- 
givings  and  humble  praife  to  the  Lord 
our  God,  who  is  worthy  with  his  beloved 
fon  Chrift  Jefus,  the  only  head  of  the 
true  church,  both  now  and  forever  more. 
Amen! then  paflins:  over Sufquehan- 

Pcnnfylva-  1        ?    .  ^        r    ir        c 

nia.  na  ferry,  the  next  day  bems:  the  nrlt   ot 

dngham.     the  wcck,  I  went  to  AVefl-Nottmgham 

meeting, 


L     ^39     ] 

meeting,  which  was  fomcwhat  large  and  x7(Ji.' 
folid,  and  got  to  William  Jackfon's  and  Pennfyiva- 
ftaid  the  night,  and  the  day  following, 
being  the  25th  of  the  fifth  month,  1761, 
through  the  kindnefs  and  wonderful  pro- 
vidence of  the  Almighty,  that  had  been 
merciful  and  good  in  preferving  and 
helping  me  through  this  trying  journey, 
I  arrived  at  my  own  habitation,  and  found  F^iladd; 

^  ,  phia. 

my  daughter  and  things  well  as  to  my  own 
concerns,  and  a  kind  reception  with  my 
dear  Friends,  who  I  was  glad  to  fee  once 
more,  and  enjoyed  a  fhare  of  peace  to 
my  own  foul ;  may  all  praife,  honour, 
and  glory  be  given  to  him  the  great  and 
awful  Majefty  in  Heaven  ! 

Being  favoured  with  health  I  was  en-  i?^:^,^ 
abied  to  perform  my  outward  employ- 
ment with  diligence,  and  at  fometimes 
vifited  the  meetings  of  Friends  in  Penn- 
fylvania  and  New-Jerfey,  where  in  feve- 
ral  places  we  were  owned  with  our  Hea- 
venly Father's  love,  to  coir.fort  and  edifi- 
cation ;  and  a  religious  concern  reviving 
in  my  mind,  that  Ihadfelt  for  a  confider- 
able  time,  to  vilit  Friends  on  the  Eaftern 

fliore 


C    140   J 

5563.  fliore  of  Maryland,  and  the  three  lower 
counties  in  the  territories  of  this  province, 
having  the  unity  of  my  dear  brethren  at 
home,  I  fat  out  on  the  3d  day  of  the  lirft 
month,  176^,  being  the  firll:  day  of  the 
week,  and  came  to  Chefter,  accompanied 
by  feveral  dear  Friends  of  our  city,  and 
was  at  a  meeting  there,  which  was  a 
comfortable  tender  feafon  of  gofpel  love, 
and  the  fame  evening  had  a  large  laborious 
Wilming-  meeting  at  Wilmington,  in  which  I  hope 
ttttt^  I  ^y^g  clear  as  to  my  duty  among  them ; 

the  next  day  accompanied  by  Thomas  Ship^ 
ley  (who  was  my  companion  in  this  jour- 
ney) came  to  Lewis  Clothier's  and  lodged, 
and  I  thought  our  being  there  was  of  fome 
Eastern  fervice,  from  this  Friends  we  went  to 
^'kTJf  ^^"  SalTafras  meeting,  where  came  a  number 
of  people,  with  whom  I  hope  the  power 
of  truth  had  a  tender  reach  on  the  hearts 
of  feveral,  we  were  next  at  Cecil  meeting, 
in  which  the  fpring  of  life  was  I  thought 
opened  to  folid  comfort  among  us  ;  we 
had  the  next  day  a  meeting  at  Chefter 
meeting-houfe,  attended  with  hard  la- 
bour, and  one  in  the  evening  at  James 
Claypool's  in  Chefter-town,  which  was 

folid  ; 


C    Mt    ] 

folid  ;  from  thence  we  came  to  Queen  i^c^^ 
Ann's,  and  had  a  large  fatiiifadlory  meet-  Maryland. 
ing,  in  which  I  had  Tome  relief  of  mind, 
and  I  thought  was  a  time  of  tender  vifita- 
tion  to  the  people  ;  we  then  went  to  Ifaac 
Turner's  and  lodged,  having  in  the  even- 
ing a  comfortable  fitting  in  the  family, 
they  were  kind  and  friendly  ;  from  thence 
to  Tuckaho,  where  we  had  a  bleffed  meet- 
ing, and  on  the  following  lirft  day  of  the 
week  were  at  Tredhaven,  which  meeting 
was  folid  and  edifying  ;  from  hence  we 
went  to  Jofeph  Bartlet's,  where  was  a 
large  exemplary  family  and  no  flaves, 
and  had  a  good  folid  fitting ;  the  next 
day  had  a  large  open  meeting  at  the  Bay- 
fide,  mpftly  of  people  not  of  our  perfuaii- 
on,  which  I  hope  ended  well  ;  after  lodg- 
ing at  John  Kemp's,  w^e  came  the  next 
day  to  Francis  Neai's,  and  the  day  fol- 
lowing attended  a  large  meeting  at  Little- 
Choptank,  both  of  Friends  and  others,  to 
fome  fatisfadion  ;  the  next  day  we  crofT- 
ed  Choptank  river,  and  wctq  at  Marftiy-  • 
creek  meeting,  which  was  a  trying  time, 
both  on  account  of  the  coldnefs  of  the 
weather  and  a  fuffering  cold  houfe  to  fit 

in ; 


C   142   ] 

,,53.      in  ;  we  lodged  that  night  at  William   Ed- 
Lower        mundfon's,  and  the  next  day  fat  off  for 

counties  of  .  •       1       1  -n*  •  • 

Pcni.fyi-  Lewis-tov/n,  accompanied  by  Benjamin 
Berry,  and  after  a  long  ride  got  to  Samu- 
el Pvowland's,  who  received  us  kindly,  and 
was  helpful  in  getting  a  large  meeting  for 
us  in  the  court-houfe  in  the  town  ;  in 
which  I  trufl:  they  were  faithfully  warned 
and  advifed  in  the  love  of  the  gofpel,  and 
in  vifiting  that  place  I  enjoyed  fatisfacli- 
on  ; — from  thence  wx  wxnt  to  Cold- 
Spring,  which  meeting  was  attended  by 
many  people,  and  I  thought  fome  revi- 
vings  of  life  therein  ;  the  next  meeting 
was  called  the  Three- runs ^  which  was  an 
awful  heart-tendering  feafon,  and  many 
people  at  it ;  we  were  next  at  Mother- 
kiln's  where  came  Friends  from  feveral 
parts,  and  divers  other  people,  and  it  was 
a  folid  time  ;  the  day  following  we  were 
at  Little-creek  meeting,  Vv'hich  was  a 
comfortable  feafon,  the  following  meet- 
ings were  at  Duck-creek,  and  George's* 
creek,  and  attended  with  hard  labour ; 
but  I  hope  of  fervicc  to  ftir  up  the  pure 
mind  in  fome  ;  from  my  kind  Friend 
Jacob  Janey'sjl  came  with  feveral  towards 

Okesflian, 


C    143    J 

Okesdian,    and   on  our  way  flopt  at  a      i^c,. 
houle  where  were  feveral  in  family,  with  CheRer 

county. 

w^hom  we  had  a  folid  opportunity,  which 
I  believe  srave  fatisfaclion  to  them  as  it  did 
to  US  ;  on  our  way  there  parting  with 
my  companion  Thomas  Shipley,  I  came 
near  OkesQian  and  lodged,  and  w^as  the 
next  day  at  a  meeting  there,  which  was 
a  fufFering  time  to  my  fpirit  ;  then 
•went  to  the  Quarterly-Meeting  at  Lon- 
dongrove,  where  were  Hannah  Harris  and 
Elizabeth  Wilkinfon,  two  w^orthy  Friends 
from  Old-England  ;  the  meeting  was  very 
large  and  I  hope  of  fervice  ;  from  thence 
took  divers  meetings  in  Chefter-county, 
fome  of  which  were  large  and  attended 
with  relieving  help,  in  which  I  enjoyed 
much  comfort  and  unity  among  Friends, 
as  I  viiited  the  feveral  particular  meetings, 
which  were  Kennet,  Center,  Birming- 
ham, the  Forks  of  Brandywine,  Weil 
and  Eafl  Cain,  Nantmil,  Pikcland,  Uwcli- 
land,  Goflien,  Newtown,  Middletown, 
and  Providence  ;  to  the  lafl  of  which 
came  (my  fon-in-law)  Benedi^  Dorfey, 
with  whom  I  came  home  to  my  habitation,  phu.j.i, 
in  the  enjoyment  of  a  iliare  of  peace ;  p^'^^- 
X  havin<? 


[     144    ] 

,763.  having  viflted  the  afHicled,  and  fevera! 
Friend's  families,  and  I  truft  faithfully 
laboured,  travelling  through  cold  and 
hardihips  and  fometimes  deep  probations 
of  fpirit ;  but  have  had  reverend  caufe  to 
be  humbly  thankful  to  my  bleiTed  Lord 
and  Mailer,  who  greatly  helped  I  hope 
to  his  own  praife,  to  whom  be  it  afcribecj 
for  ever  more ! 

l^6:^,  On  the  7th  day  of  the  fourth   months 

Bucks         1764,  with  the  unity  of  my  Friends  at 

county,  '       *  ^  ■        : 

peuiifyiva-  homc,  I  weut  towards  Buckingham,  was 


nia. 


the  next  day  at  that  meeting,  with  Ifrael 
and  John  Pemberton  and  Jofliua  Emlen, 
which  v/as  large  and  to  fome  fatisfaclion  ; 
after  this  meeting,  Jofhua  Emlen  being 
my  companion,  we  proceeded  to  King- 
New-jei-  -xvood  in  Ncw-Jcrfcy,  guided  by  Samuel 
Eaftburn,  lodged  at  Robert  Large's,  and 
the  next  day  had  a  large  meeting  at  this 
place  to  edification  and  comfort ;  from 
thence  to  Richard  Lundy's,  and  after  a 
ftay  of  two  nights,  were  at  a  meeting  in 
his  houfe,  where  was  a  number  of 
tender  hearted  youth  and  others,  in 
which  the  Lord  was  pleafcd  to  favour  us 

with 


r  14s  ] 

v;Ith  his  blefled  prcfcncc  to  faUi^faclion  ;  1764, 
the  faid  Friend  informed  us  that  he  Neu- 
had  feventy  children  and  grand  cliildren,  ''^^  ^  * 
fome  of  whom  were  valuable  Friends  ; 
this  place  was  called  the  Great-Meadows  j 
the  next  meeting  was  near  Pawlings- 
kiln,  in  which  a  remnant  w^as  broken 
and  contrited  before  the  Lord,  and  I  hope 
it  was  a  time  of  Divine  viiitation  to 
thofe  w^ho  were  prefent ;  from  thence 
we  went  near  the  head  of  the  waters  at 
the  Drov/ned  Lands  (10  called)  lodged 
at  Elijah  Pollard's,  and  nc::t  day  behig 
the  firil  of  the  week,  had  a  large  meet- 
ing at  his  houfe,  where  came  a  mix- 
ture of  people  as  to  religious  profeflion, 
and  the  Lord  was  graciouily  plcafed  to  ap- 
pear amxong  us,  and  l  underllood  that 
fome  acknowledged  to  the  truch,  for 
which  my  foul  had  caufe  to  be  thankful, 
it  being  a  lov/  time  to  miy  mind  before  the 
fitting  of  this  meeting ;  we  came  from 
thence  and  lodged  at  Richard  Gardner's, 
where  we  had  a  m'zclin^  the  next  day,  at 
which  there  was  a  ferjeant  of  tlie  arm.y,'  . 
who,  after  the  meeting,  v/as  in  company 
v/ith  us  m.any  miles  on  our  v/ay  tov/aixis 
X  2  North- 


[     140    ] 

,754.  North-river,  and  confeffed  to  die  principle 
of  Truth  as  profefled  by  us,  and  1  thought 
that  ii  he  would  refign  his  office  as  to  out- 
ward war,  and  be  faithful  to  knowledge,  he 
mishtmake  a  foldier  for  Chriil ;  I  found 
his  fpirit  near  to  mine  in  many  things  re- 
lating to  Truth,  and  parted  wdth  him  in 
love  ;  we  lodged  that  night  at  an  inn,  and 
the  next  day  crofied  North-river  ferry 
called  FiHi-kiln,  and  came  to  Jofhua  Sher- 
man's, at  whofe  Iioufe  we  had  a  folid 
tender  meeting  the  next  day,  of  many 
Nevv-Yoik    toeoole.  Friends  and  others  :  then  came  to 

govern-  ••■•'■ 

meat.  Oblong,    lodgcd  at    Benjamin   Ferrifs's, 

and  the  next  day  were  at  that  Monthly- 
Meeting,  which  altho'  the  day  was  very 
flormy,  vv^as  attended  by  a  number  of 
'Friends,  and  I  thought  v/ith  unity  and 
fatisfaclion  ;  the  next  day  we  came  to 
John  Floweg's  and  had  a  pretty  good  op- 
portunity \vitl\  many  people  ;  the  day 
following  had  a  long  ride  to  Saiifoury  in 

Concciicut.  Conecfcicut,  lodged  at  Jofliua  Whitt's, 
and  on  the  iirft  day  of  the  week  were  at  a 
meeting  in  that  place,  where  came  a  num- 
ber of  profeiTors  (but  few  of  our  fociety) 
among  whom  we  had  an  open  comforta- 
ble 


I     M7    ] 

ble  meeting;  from  hence  v/e  proceeded      1754, 
the   next  day  towards  a  phice  called  the  New-\ork 

n  •  1  goverii- 

Nme-Partners,  Itoppmg  on  the  way  at  a  ment. 
Friend's  houfe  to  dine,  had  a  folid  time  in 
the  family,  and  the  day  following  were  at 
a  meeting  at  the  Nine-Partners,  which 
was  large,  and  Truth  reigned  in  a  good 
degree  among  us,  I  hope  to  the  praife  of 
the  Mailer  of  our  aflemblies  ;  the  next  we 
palTed.  over  Wapping-creek,  had  a 
meeting  at  a  Friend's  houfe,  v/here  came 
many  people,  and  it  was  a  heart-tender- 
ing time  ;  the  next  place  where  we  had 
two  meetings,  was  Swego,  the  firfl  of 
which  was  fmall,  but  a  comfortable  time  ; 
the  other  was  large,  and  I  thought  the 
word  of  life  prevailed  in  a  good  degree 
among  us,  for  which  a  remnant  had  caufe 
to  be  united  in  praife  and  thankfgiving  to 
the  Author  of  Life  and  Power ;  from 
thence  we  went  towards  Oblong,  and  the 
next  day  viiited  our  two  antient  Friends 
John  Howeg  and  v/ife,  vv-here  came  feve- 
ral  of  their  neighbours  and  fat  down  with 
us,  and  the  Divine  Prefencc  appcare-d 
among  us  in  a  powerful  manner  in  a  lit- 
tle mean  cottage,  wherein  my  fpirit  was 

rcfredied 


[     148    ] 

17^4.  i*efre{liecl  before  the  Lord,  :ind  lud  ii  kind 
reception  with  thofe  prcfent ;  we  were 
next  at  Oblong  meeting,  at  which  was  a 
large  number  of  people,  wiio  were  faith- 
fully warned  and  advifed  to  keep  in  the 
fear  of  God,  and  Truth  fcemed  to  have  a 
reach  on  the  hearts  of  fome  j  from  thence 
we  went  to  Dobfon  Wheeler's  at  New 
Coned^icut.  Milford  in  Coneclicut,  and  the  day  fol- 
lowing were  at  a  large  meeting  in  the 
meeting-houfe,  where  was  a  marriage, 
and  a  laborious  time  to  my  fpirit  among 
the  people,  but  I  hope  of  fome  fcrvice, 
their  behaviour  being  in  the  main  as  well 
2S  might  be  expeclcd,  being  moilly  of 
other  profeiiions ;  we  returned  to  Oblong, 
and  were  at  the  Vv'eek  day  meeting, 
which  was  a  time  of  poverty  and  fuffering 
in  fpirit  in  fome  degree  ;  we  flaid  their 
()iiartcrly-Meeting  of  miniftcrs  and  that 
for  bufmefs,  alfo  their  hrll  day  meeting, 
the  lafl  of  which  was  very  largc^  and  in 
a  sfood  der>Tee  owned  v/ith  the  befi:  or  help, 
I  hope  to  the  glory  of  God,  and  was  a 
time  of  loving  parting  wiih  a  number  of 
dear  Friends  living  thereaway  ;  we  went 
home  with  Samuel  Field,  and  had  a  meet- 
ing 


[     M9     ] 

ing  at  a  place  called  Peach-pond,  which  1764. 
was  pretty  hirge  and  folid  ;  and  altho'  a 
great  part  of  this  journey  thus  far  was 
mountainous,  the  roads  ftony,  and  wea- 
rifome  and  trying  to  liody  and  fpirit,  yet 
throuarh  the  Lord's  lovins:  kindnefs  and 
tender  mercy,  I  at  times  enjoyed  peace  of 
mind  ;  being  enabled  to  perform  in  this 
hard  travel  what  I  apprehended  to  be  re- 
quired of  me  by  him  who  is  w*orthy  of 
praife  and  thankfgiving  for  evermore ! 
the  two  next  meetings  were  Amawack  New- York 
and  Shapaquah,  which  were  large,  and  I  mem" 
hope  well  in  the  main  ;  from  thence  we 
came  towards  a  place  called  the  Purchafe, 
lodged  at  a  Friend's  houfe,  and  in  the 
night  was  a  time  of  rain,  lightning,  and 
thunder,  by  which,  fome  diftance  from 
this  place,  as  we  v/ere  told,  a  poor  black 
ilave  was  killed,  concerning:  whom  two 
brothers  had  been  difputing  their  right  of 
property,  and  one  of  them  had  faid  that 
he  would  cut  him  in  two  but  he  would 
have  his  half  of  him  ;  but  through  the  per- 
miilion  of  Divine  Providence  his  time  was 
fhortencd,  and  they  mufl  re/ign  their 
claim  to  him ;  the  next  day  we  attended 

the 


[     ISO    ] 

a  7^4.      the  meeting  at  the  Purchafe,  which  was 
large,  alfo  vifited  a  family  in  affliction, 
both  which  were  foHd  feafons  ;    lodged 
that  evening  at  Edward  Bm^ling's,   and 
had  a  folid  fitting  in  that  Friend's  hopeful 
family  of  young  people ;  our  next  meet- 
ing was  at  Mamarineck,  then  at  Weft- 
Chefter,  where  came  Samuel  Emlen  jun, 
John  Haydock,  and  HaydockBowne  from 
New- York  to  fee  us,  their  company  af- 
forded much  comfort  to  my  fpirit ;    this 
meeting  being  attended  with  life  and  near 
unity,  made  it  a  comfortable  edifying  fea- 
fon  ;  we  had  the  company  of  Matthew 
Franklin  and  William  Mott  at  moft  of  the 
meetings  to  this  place  from  Oblong,  two 
examplary  Friends,  and  ferviceable  in  the 
miniflry ;   from    hence    we  pafTed    over 
Xong-         White-ftone  ferry  to  Long-ifland  with  fe- 
^'^         veral   Friends,    and    Matthew  Franklin 
took  my  companion  and  me  to  his  houfe, 
where  we  had  a  kind  reception  ;  the  next 
meeting  we  were  at  was  Flufliing,    and 
they  were  warned  againfl  the  ways  of  un- 
righteoufnefs,    and   the   well-minded   a- 
mong  them  I  hope  encouraged  ;  the  next 
day  WQ  vifited  feveral  Friends  in  aiHiclion, 

one 


C      T51      ] 

$>ne  of  whom  was  Clement  Willis,  a  pious      tj64, 
tender  woman,  at  Bethpage,  who  feemed  Lo"g- 
almoft  helplefs  as  to  bodily  ftrength,  and 
told  us  flie  had  been  in  that  condition 
thirty-one  years,  her  frame  of  mind  was 
heavenly,  and  appeared  to  be  well  con- 
tented in  the  will  of  Divine  Providence  ; 
the  day  following  we  attended  Bethpage 
meeting,  which  was  large  and  folid,  we 
were  alfo  at  Setacket,  and  had  a  large  good 
meeting  ;  from  thence  we  went  to  Samu'- 
el  Willis's  and  lodged  ;   the  meetings  fol- 
lowing were  at  Matinicock,  Oyfter-bay, 
and  Jerico,  which  were  large  and  folid  fea- 
fons  ;  from  Jerico  we  went  to  Wilham 
Lime's  and  lodged,  and  on  the  firft  day 
of  the  week  was  at  Weftbury  meetings 
which  was  very  large,  and  attended  with 
hard  clofe  labour,  but  I  hope  in  the  gift  of 
life  and  power  that  God  giveth  ;   we  came 
that  evening  to  Benjamin  Duefenbury's, 
and  were  the  next  day  at  a  meeting  at  Ja- 
cob Mott's,  which  was  large  and  an  aw- 
ful feafon ;  we  then  went  to  the  widow 
Pearfal's,  who  was  an  antient  Friend,  and 
a  family  I  had  long  been  acquainted  with, 
whom  I  had  reafon  to  remember  in  near 
y  fellovviliip 


I    152   3 

yr<j4.      fellovvfhip  in  the  church  ;  after  a  meeting. 

f  ong-  the  next  day  at  Cow-neck,  we  went  home 
with  Matthew  Franklin,  and  attended 
the  Yearly-Meeting  at  Fluihing,  which 
was  very  large,  and  I  triift  in  a  good  de- 
gree owned  with  the  prefence  of  God  ; 
Jolhua  Emlen  left  me  before  the  conclufi- 
on  of  this  meeting,  in  order  to  return  home, 
on  account  of  his  fon  being  to  embark 
foon  for  England ;  when  the  meeting  end- 
ed, I  went  with  feveral  Friends  to  Rich- 
ard Hallett's,  and  the  next  day  crofled 
the  Narrows  to  Staten-iiland,   and  thence 

^Sr  "^^^^^  Jofeph  Shotwell  to  his  home,  and 

after  having  meetings  at  Rahway,  Wood- 
bridge,  and  Plainfield,  tofome  fatisfacli- 
on,  accompanied  by  him  and  his  wife 
over  Amboy  ferry,  we  went  to  Nathan 
Tilton's,  and  from  thence  to  Shrewfburyy 
where  I  attended  two  large  meetings, 
which  I  hope  were  in  the  main  well ;  af- 
ter the  laft  I  went  home  with  James  Tuck- 
er, my  father's  coulin,  and  ftaid  one  night, 
and  the  next  day  himfelf  and  fon,  and  Jo- 
feph Wardel  conducted  me  to  Squan, 
'  where  we  had  a  large  meeting,  which  wa& 
an  open  folid  tender  feafon,  fomewhat  re- 
lieving 


1     153    3 
lieving  to  my  fpirit ;  lodged  at  Thomas  Til-      ^c^, 
ton's,   who  the  next  day  accompanied  me 
to  Amos  MiddIetoR*s,  in  or  near  Burling- 
ton county,  and  the  day  after,   through 
the  good  providence  of  God,  my  alone 
helper  through  Chrift  in  the  way  of  true 
obedience  to  his  bleiTed  will,  I  s^ot  home 
to  my  outward  habitation,  being  the  7th  phia!^' 
day  of  the  lixth  month,  1764. 

On  the  3d  day  of  the  fecond  month,      i-j^^^ 
I J 66,  after  our  Quarterly-Meeting  in  Phi-  Pennfyha- 
iadelphia,  I  fat  out  from  home  with  feve- 
ral  Friends  towards  Haverford,    lodged 
that  night  at  George  Smith's,  and  was 
the  next  day  at  a  large  meeting  at  Haver- 
ford, to  fatisfaclion,  and  then  proceeded  cheftcr 
to   the  meetings  at  Newtown,  Radnor,  '^°'^'^^^' 
and  Goihen,  which  were  large,  and  at- 
tended  with  life   and  the  Lord's   good 
Prefence  and  near  unity  with  Friends ;  af- 
terwards I  attended  the  Quarterly-Meet- 
ing of  minifters  at  Concord,    in  which 
my  mind  was  deeply  engaged  for    the 
maintaining    of  gofpel  love  and  unity, 
and  real  fellowfliip  among  minifters  and 
Elders,  and  the  Lord  was  pleafed  to  give 
Y  2  me 


C   154'] 

1766.      me  an   open    door,    that   I  believe  the 
chefter       labouF   was  Well  received ;    and  on   the 
Pcnnfyiva-  firft  day  of  the  week,   I  went  to  Birming- 
ham meeting,  which  was  large,   and  they 
were   faithfully    warned   in  the  fear    of 
God  y  the  next  day  I  attended  the  Quar- 
terly-Meeting for  the  affairs  of  the  church 
at  Concord,   which  was  very  large,  and 
owned  with  the   beft  of   favour  ;    after 
this  meeting  I  attended  meetings  at  Ken- 
net,  Wilmington,  Center,  and   Chichef- 
ter,  fome  of  which  were  very  large,  and 
the  Lord's  heart- tendering  power  and  pre- 
fence  much  favoured  moft  of  thofe  oppor^ 
tunities,    and   Friends  were    affectionate 
and  kind ;  after  the  laft  meeting  I  went 
home  with  Benjamin  Sharplefs  and  wife, 
and   lodged  at  his  houfe,  and  the  next 
night  at  Nathan  YarnaPs,    with  whole 
hopeful  family  in  the  way  of  truth,  I  had 
comfort  of  mind  ;  the  day  following  be- 
ing the  firft  of  the  week,  was  at  Middle- 
town  meeting,    which  was  large.  Friends 
coming  from  feveral  diftant  places,  and 
through  Divine  favour,  it  appeared  to  be  a 
folemn  time,  dined  at  Thomas  Minfhall's, 
and  had  I  hope  a  profitable  fitting  with 


C     155    1 

a  number  of  dear  young  people  and  others,  ifc^. 
and  was  the  next  day  at  Providence  meet- 
ing, which  was  owned  with  the  virtue  of 
life  and  power  in  waiting  upon  God  ;  from 
thence  I  went  to  WilHam  Feirs,  where 
lived  his  aged  father  Thomas  Fell,  who 
had  been  blind  feveral  years,  and  lately 
again  received  his  fight,  whom  I  thought 
to  be  a  living  Friend  in  the  Truth,  and 
I  hope  in  favour  with  the  Lord ;  the  next 
day  I  was  at  a  large  meeting  at  Spring- 
field, in  which  I  truft  they  were  faithfully 
warned  and  advifed  in  gofpel  love,  I  lodg- 
ed that  night  at  Jonathan  Maris's,  came 
the  next  day  to  the  Valley,  and  the  day 
following  had  a  meeting  there,  to  which 
feveral  Friends  came  from  difl:ant  places, 
and  it  was  a  time  of  comfort  to  my  mind, 
then  went  home  with  Ifrael  Jacobs,  crofT-  phta^ 
ed  the  river  Schuylkill  at  Richardfon's  ford,  "''''''^^ 
and  attended  a  meeting  the  next  day  at 
New-Providence,  v/here  came  many  peo- 
ple, it  was  a  time  of  deep  and  clofe  labour, 
but  I  hope  tended  to  edification  ;  then 
went  to  John  Jones's  and  lodged,  and  was 
at  Gwyned  (or  North- Wales)  meeting  on 
the   firft  day  of  the  week,  which  was 

large. 


C    156    ] 

,,5<j.      large,  and  an  open  comfortable  feafon,  I 
Bucks        then  went  to  John  Child's  and  ftaid  two 
county.       j^-gj^^g^  ^jjj  fj.^^  thence  to  a  large  meet- 
ing at   Plumfted,   in   which  they   were 
warned  in  the  Lord's  fear,  and  it  appear- 
ed to*  be  a  time  of  profit  to  a  folid  rem- 
nant ;  after  this  I  went  to  the  Quarterly- 
Meeting  at  Wright's-townin  Bucks  coun- 
ty, of  miniflers  and  for  the  difcipline,  the 
laft  of  which  was  large,  and  each  owned 
with  near  unity  among  Friends,  and  gof- 
pel  labour  extended  I  hope  to  good  pur- 
pofe,  Mordecai  Yarnal  and  John  Pember- 
ton  being  alfo  at  this  meeting  ;  the  next 
meeting  was  at  Makefield,    which   w^as 
large,  and  comfortably  owned  with  life 
and  power  in  the  Lord's  ftrength,  and  was 
a  folemn  awful  feafon  ;   went  to  fee  a  fick 
Friend,  where  many  Friends  met,  it  was 
an  opportunity  of  much  tendernefs  and 
brokennefs  of  heart,  wherein  I  had  relief 
and  fatisfadion  ;    lodged  that  night    at 
Mahlon  Kirkbride's,  and  the   next   day 
Neww         croiTed  the  river  Delaware  near  Trenton 
^*        with  fome  other  Friends,  altho'   a  very 
rough  pafTage,  we  were  mercifully  pre- 
ierved,    for  which   my  heart  has   been 

thankful 


C   157  ] 

thankful  to  the  Lord,  lodged  that  night      j^g^ 
at  William  Morris's,  and  on  the  firfl  day  New 
of  the  week  was  at  Trenton  meeting, 
where  afTcinbled  a  pretty  many  people. 
Friends  and  others,  and  altho'  it  was  a 
hard  fuiFcring  time  to  my  fpirit,  wherein 
I  was  deeply  baptized  in  that  place,  I  had 
fome  comfort  in  the  company  of  fome 
Friends  thereaway ;  I  came  from  thence 
and  lodged  at  Marmaduke  Watfon's,  and 
the  next  night  at  John  Syke's,  and  the  day 
following  had  a  meeting  in  Bordentown, 
to    fatisfacVion  in  a  good  degree ;  then 
went  to  Samuel  Satterthwait's,  and  had 
a  meeting  the  next  day  at  Mansfield,   at 
which  coniidering  the  fhort  notice,  and 
it  being  a  wet  day,  there  were  many  peo- 
ple, and  we  had  a  folid  feafon  together  j 
from  thence  went  to  Benjamin  Field's, 
and    the    day    following   attended    the 
Monthly-Meeting    at  Crofwicks,    which 
was  large,   and  an  open  edifying  feafon  in 
the  meeting  for  worfliip ;  then  to  Peter 
Harvey's,    and  the  next  day  went  to  a 
meeting  at  Old-Springfield,   which    was' 
large,   and  feveral  things  ran  through  me 
in  the  fpring  of  life  to  aged  and  youth,  as 

advice 


C   158  ] 

i^/i<j.      advice  in  near  love  to  the  caufe  of  Truth  ^^ 
Ne\v-jer-     and  iOY  the  welfare  of  God's  people  ;   the 

fey.  ,  I        r        7 

day  follovv^ng  I  had  a  meeting  at  Mans- 
field-neck, where  came  many  people,  and 
it  was  a  time  of  good  fatisfaclion  ;  the 
next  day  was  at  a  large  meeting  at  New- 
Springfield,  which  was  attended  with  clofe 
labour,  and  faithful  v/arning  extended  to 
the  people,  then  went  to  Jofeph  Lamb's, 
where  I  was  fomewhat  detained  by  a  fi:orm 
of  fnow,  v/hen  it  moderated  I  got  forward, 
■with  my  beloved  Friend  William  Jones,  to 
Little-EsfSf-harbour,  to  our  kind  Friend 

CO  ^ 

John  Ridgway's,  and  the  day  following 
with  him  vifitedfeveralfamilies  of  Friend's, 
and  went  to  fee  Chriftian  Ofborn,  an  anti- 
entFriend  reckoned  to  be  upwards  of  nine* 
ty  years  of  age,  who  was  mother  and  grand- 
mother to  many  that  were  valuable  in  the 
way  of  Truth,  we  had  a  tender  time  in 
the  family,  I  hope  to  fome  profit  and  edi- 
fication ;  the  day  after,  I  attended  the 
Monthly-Meeting  at  Little-Egg-harbour, 
which  was  in  a  good  degree  owned  with 
Divine  favour,  and  the  life  of  the  gofpel 
power,  and  many  people  w^ere  prefent ; 
being  prevented  by  flormy  weather  fome 

days 


New- 
Jerfey. 


L     "^59    ] 

days  from  crofling  the  river  to  Great-Egg-  x^c<;s 
harbour,  till  the  firil  day  of  the  v/eek,  I 
then  came  with  divers  Friends  to  the 
Upper-meeting  on  that  river,  which  was 
large  for  that  place,  and  tended  to  edifi- 
x:ation  and  comfort  j  after  which  went 
home  with  Japhet  Leeds,  and  he  accom- 
panied me  that  evening  to  Jofeph  Mapes's, 
where  we  lodged,  and  the  next  day  were 
at  a  meeting  near  his  houfe  -,  from  thence 
proceeded  to  Cape-May,  in  company  with 
fome  Friends,  lodged  at  Ifaac  Townfend's, 
and  was  the  next  day  at  a  large  meeting 
for  that  place,  at  the  Lower  meeting- 
houfe,  to  fome  degree  of  fatisfadion,  in 
which  I  laboured  to  turn  the  minds^of  the 
people  to  Chrift  our  free  and  infallible 
teacher,  and  there  appeared  a  tender- 
hearted few  among  them  ;  I  then  went 
forward  to  Cohanfy,  and  had  a  meeting 
fome  what  large,  and  a  laborious  time  at 
Greenwich,  which  being  in  gofpel  love,  I 
truft  tended  to  edification  ;  I  then  came 
to  Jofeph  Gibfon's,  and  had  a  folid  fitting 
in  the  family,  his  wife  being  much  afili(5l- 
cd  with  a  cancer,  by  which  it  was  faid  flie 
had  loft  one  of  her  eyes,  and  almoft  the 
iight  of  the  other,  but  was  in  a  patient 
Z  frame 


x^^66.     frame   of  mind  ;    then  went  to    James 
New-jei--     Daniel's,  and  the  next  day  to  Salem  to  the 

ley.  ,  ^  "^ 

burial  of  the  wife  of  John  Pvlafon,  on  which 
occafion  we  were  favoured  with  an  awful 
folemn  meeting,  went  home  with  Sa- 
muel Nicholfon,  and  the  next  day  had  a 
folid  fitting  with  an  afilided  family  in 
our  way  to  Lower- Alio  ways- creek  meet- 
ing, which  was  very  laige,  wherein  I 
gave  up  to  fpend  and  be  fpent  in  fervent 
love  and  gofpel  labour,  and  hope  it  was 
a  bleffed  feafon  to  a  number  there  prefent ; 
from  thence  I  came  with  feveral  Friends 
to  Benjamin  Thompfon's  at  the  Glafs- 
works,  and  the  day  following  we  had  a 
large  meeting  at  Upper- Alloways-creek, 
much  to  the  fatisfatlion  of  feme  prefent, 
in  which  having  cleared  my  fpirit,  I  came 
avv^ay  relieved  in  my  mind  ;  then  went  to 
Zacheus  Dun's,  and  was  at  a  large  meet- 
ing the  next  day  at  Pilefgrove,  whichltruft 
was  a  time  of  profit  to  Friends  and  others, 
after  this  meeting  went  to  Solomon  Lip- 
pincot's,  and  the  next  day  attended  a 
large  meeting  at  Upper-Greenwich,  which 
was  a  time  of  hard  labour,  after  which  I 
came  home,  being  on  the  26th  day  of  the 

third 


third  month,  1766  ;  the  Lord  alone  being  ,7^^, 
worthy  ov  all  praife,  glory  and  honour  Phiiadci- 
for  evermore :  lome  ot  the  meetings  in 
this  journw/  weie  (I  thought)  the  iargeftin 
Peniifylvaniaand  New-Jerfey,  that  I  had 
feen  before  in  viiiting  thofe  parts,  a  great 
numoer  of  young  people  coming  up  on 
the  ilage  of  lite,  who  I  wifii  may  be  an 
army  for  Chrift. 

In  the  fame  year  and  the  fixth  month,  ^^^^^ 
I  viiited  Evelhara,  Cheiler,  and  Pvancocas  Jer%. 
meetings  in  the  Jerfeys,  moft  of  them  be- 
ing large,  and  attended  with  near  unity 
with  fuch  as  were  I  hope  honeil-hearted 
towards  God ;  in  the  fame  month,  a 
weighty  concern  attended  Friends  at  our 
monthly  meeting,  on  account  of  a  com-  Fi^iiadcU 
pany  of  ft  age-players,  that  came  to  the 
city  in  order  to  erecl  a  theatre  to  exhibit 
their  pernicious  diverfions,  to  prevent 
which,  and  declare  our  teflimony  againft 
their  proceedings  in  a  thing  of  fo  bad  a 
tendency  for  corrupting  the  minds  of  the 
people,  leading  them  from  the  fear  of  the 
Lord  into  vanity ;  Friends  agreed  to  ad- 
drefs  our  Govenor,  John  Penn,  requeft- 
Z  2  ing 


ijcc.  ing  him  to  interpofe  with  his  authority, 
to  prevent  the  fame,  who  being  then  at 
Shrewfbury,  and  Friends  deiirous  to  for- 
ward their  addrefs  with  a  view  to  the 
good  of  our  city  and  people  ;  faw  fit  to 
appoint  Mordecai  Yarnal,  John  Pember- 
ton,  Jofhua  Emlen  and  myfelf,  to  go  to 
Shrewfbury,  and  prefent  it  to  him,  it  be- 
ing about  feventy  miles  from  Philadel- 
phia j  we  accordingly  proceeded,  and  dif- 
charged  our  meflage  ;  but  the  Governor 
we  found  had  given  liberty  and  his  pro- 
mife  to  the  players,  fo  that  we  had  no 
profpe£t  of  obtaining  redrefs  from  him  j 
yet  I  truft  that  Friends  and  we  were  clear 
in  thus  difcharging  our  duty  to  God  and 
man  in  this  refpecl ;  I  returned  home  on 
the  2d  of  the  month  following,  and  en- 
joyed a  degree  of  peace,  having  fome  fo- 
lid  fittings  in  fome  Friends  families  on  our 
return,  and  an  opportunity  of  feeing  fome 
whom  I  valued  in  the  truth. 

phiiadei-         After  thefe twojournies  this  year,  I 

^^^**  kept  much  at  home,  and  in  obedience  to 

the  Lord,  and  in  love  to  the  inhabitants 

of  this  city,  laboured  in  fincerity  for  their 

welfare.— 


C    163   ] 

welfare. — In  1767  I  attended  the  Yearly-      ,75-. 
Meeting  at  Salem,  which  was  very  large,  saiemia 

New- 

and  much  favoured  with  a  vifitation  of  gof-  Jeifey. 
pel  love  and  power,  to  the  rejoicing  the 
hearts  of  the  faithful  among  Friends  ;  on 
my  way  to  this  meeting,  I  took  the  week 
day  meeting  at  Woodbury- creek,  and  on 
my  return  the  youth's  meeting  at  Pilef- 
grove,  which  was  large,  and  both  of 
them  tending  to  fohd  fatisfaclion  ; — I  had 
alfo  fome  comfortable  meetings  in  fome 
families. 

After  this  journey  I  was  at  feveral 
meetings  in  this  province  and  New-Jer- 
fey,  fome  of  which  were  large  and  I  hope 
beneficial  to  the  well-minded,  one  of  them 
was  at  the  burial  of  Wilham  Paxfon,  at 
Nefhamany  in  Bucks  county,  which 
was  an  awful  folemn  time,  and  a  great  ga- 
thering of  people  ;  after  thefe  opportuni- 
ties I  (laid  much  in  the  city,  fincerely  la- 
bouring for  the  profperity  of  Truth  in  our 
own  meeting,  with  the  faithful  belonging 
to  the  fame,  isntil  I  found  a  draft  on 
my  mind  to  vifit  fome  meetings  in  the 
Jerfeys,    and  the  particular   families   of 

Friends 


»c\v- 
erfey 


[     1(54    ] 

tysn.  Friends  belonging  to  Cheiler  meeting,  a 
branch  of  Evefhain  Monthly-Meeting, 
which  I  performed  in  the  twelfth  month, 
176B,  in  much  iove,  faithfully  labouring 
both  in  the  families  where  I  went  with  my 
coulin  John  Lippincot  and  wife,  Edmund 
Holiiiilliead,  and  John  Roberts,  alfo  in 
thefeveral  public  meetings,  which  were 
large,  and  chietiy  in  Burlington  county, 
being  eight  in  number,  befides  one  with 
the  Indians  at  Edgepelick  (or  Brotherton) 
where  Divine  Strength  was  afforded  to 
proclaim  the  council  and  will  of  God 
through  Chrift,  as  I  apprehended,  and  in 
the  performance  of  this  labour  of  love,  I 
enjoyed  great  comfort  of  mind,  and  near 
unity  with  Friends,  my  viiits  to  whofe 
families  were  generally  opportunities  of 
kind  reception,  and  fuch  opennefs  and 
brokennefs  of  heart  in  many  places,  that 
it  befpoke  a  day  of  vi/itation  of  God's  love 
to  their  fouls,  and  I  wifli  it  may  be  "  as 
"  bread  caj}  on  the  waters^  that  may  be  found 
*'  after  many  days,^*  Having  performed 
this  labour  of  love,  I  viiited  feveral  meet- 
ings in  this  province  and  New-Jerfey,  and 
attended  tlie  burials  of    fome    valuable 

Friends 


[     i<^5     3 

Friends  at  diftant  places,  fome  of  which 
opportunities  were  much  to  my  fatisfacli- 
on  and  folid  comfort,  as  were  the  benefi- 
cial and  profitable  feafons  at  home,  where- 
in I  had  to  enjoy  at  times  the  Lord's  liv- 
ing prefence  in  the  befl  of  ftrength,  and 
Divine  liberty  that  is  in  the  gofpel,  with 
my  dear  Friends  of  our  own  meeting. 

After  this  I  found  drawings  in  my  j^^p 
mind  of  love  towards  Friends  at  Long- 
iiland  and  thereaway,  and  having  the  con- 
currence and  unity  of  my  dear  Friends 
at  our  Monthly-Meeting,  in  the  eighth 
month,  1769,  I  went  forward,  fome 
Friends  accompanying  me  ;  the  firft  night 
I  iodsred  at  Robert    Collifon's,   and  the  Eucks 

^  county. 

next  day  attended  the  Quarterly-Meet- 
ing at  the  Falls  in  Bucks  county,  where 
was  Rachel  Wilfon  from  England,  and  a 
very  large  meeting,  and  I  hope  a  time  of 
profit  to  many  ;  1  was  alfo  at  their  youth's 
meeting  the  next  day,  which  was  com- 
fortably attended  with  the  love  of  God, 
and  with  near  unity  with  Friends  ;  after 
meeting  dined  atMahlon  Kirkbride's,  then 
rode  through  Delaware  fordj  and  reach- 
ed 


C     166    ] 

t-jGg,      ed   that  day  Samuel   Worth's,  and  thd 
New-  next   Jofeph    Shotwell's,    and    the   day 

following  being  the  firft  of  the  week,  was 
at  two  meetings  at    Rah  way,   with  our 
,     Friend  Samuel  Emlen  jun.  to  fome  de- 
gree of  fatisfaclion,   then  went  with  him 
-^     -,  ,     and  feveral  other  Friends  to  New-York, 

New-York.  ' 

and  engaged  with  him  in  vifiting  the  fa- 
milies of  Friends  in  that  city,  which  we 
performed  to  about  forty  famihes,  at- 
tended their  Monthly-Meeting  to  fome  de- 
gree of  comfort,  and  had  feveral  open 
times  in  places,  wherein  I  hope  the  Lord's 
precious  feed  was  watered  through  his 
bleffed  prefence  ;  my  mind  was  much  re- 
lieved of  a  burden  that  had  lain  upon  me, 
and  having  met  with  a  kind  reception 
among  Friends  there,  I  went  from  thence 
i.ong-  t^  Weftbury  on  Long-iiland,  where  we 
had  a  large  meeting  on  the  firft  day  of  the 
week,  which  was  favoured  with  Divine 
help,  living  comfort  and  near  unity 
with  Friends,  where  came  my  kind  com- 
panion Jofliua  Creffon,  who  I  had  left  at 
Rahway  when  on  our  way  to  New- York  ; 
after  this  meeting  vifited  fome  Friends 
families,  and  the  next  day  were  at  a  bu- 
rial, 


iilaiid. 


C     1^7    ] 

rial,  and  the  day  following  at  the  youth's      i7<j,. 
meetins:  in  the  fame  place,  from  whence  Long- 
we  went  to  Matmicock,  and  Oyiter-bay, 
where  were  two  large  meetings  to  good 
fatisfaclion,  and  on  our  way  to  John  Wil- 
lis's, we  called  with   feveral  Friends  to 
fee  Clement  Willis,  who  as  I  have  already 
mentioned,  had  been  confined  through 
infirmity  of  body  between  thirty  and  for- 
ty years,   and  could  not  walk  or  Hand 
alone,  as  I  apprehend,  moft  of  that  time ; 
•we  were  owned  together  in  waiting  upon 
the  Lord  by  his  living  prefence,  and  the 
dear  afflicted  Friend  expreffed,   that  flie 
did  not  know  that  Ihe  ever  had  a  more  fa- 
tisfadory  time,  and  I  hope  it  was  a  feafon 
of  profit  to  feveral  of  us  then  prefent ;  on 
the  firil  day  following  we  were  again  at 
Weftbury  meeting,  which  was  large,  and 
I  hope  they  were   faithfully   warned  in 
golpel  love,  to  the  fatisfaclion  of  Friends  ; 
from  Long-iiland  we   crofTed    over    the 
Sound  into  Coneclicut,  to  a  place  called  concaicut, 
Middlefex,    in  company  with   Matthew- 
Franklin,  John  Wells,  John  Cock,  Tho- 
mas Symonds  and  fome  others,  diflance 
about  twenty  miles  by  water,  where  was 
A  a  a 


I    i63    ] 

,,59.  a  fmall  meeting  under  the  name  of  Friends^, 
Coneaicut.  a  pretty  many  people  came  there,  v  ho  be- 
haved foberly,  and  we  were  comforted  to- 
gether, an  opennefs  appearing  to  receive 
the  teftimony  of  Truth  ;  the  next  day  we 
had  a  folid  time  with  a  Friend  who  was 
weak  in  body,  and  in  the  family,  that 
feemed  glad  of  the  opportunity,  receiv- 
ing us  kindly,  and  fome  who  did  not 
make  profeilion  with  us  were  extiaordi- 
nary  fo,  and  ufed  us  with  much  civility, 
and  were  helpful  in  affifting  us  to  get  to 
Long-  return  to  Long-illand,  after  our  anival 
there,  we  vifited  the  following  meeangs, 
viz.  Bethpage,  Weftbury,  Jacob  Mott's, 
the  Monthly-Meeting  at  Weftbury,  alfo 
had  a  large  meeting  at  Jerufalem,  in  which 
places  I  truft  the  Lord  owned  the  labour  of 
love  beftowed  among  the  people,  there 
being  1  thought  great  opennefs  in  the 
hearts  of  Friends  and  others  not  profeiT- 
ing  with  us  ;  after  thefe  opportunities  and 
having  vifited  upwards  of  fifty  particular 
famiUes  belonging  to  Weftbury  meeting, 
we  parted  with  Friends  in  tender  love, 
and  came  with  our  kind  Friends  and  fel- 
low-helpers Matthew  Franklin  and  Joha 

Willie 


I    1^9    ] 

Willis  to  Cow-neck,  and  had  there  a  „<?,, 
large  and  I  hope  a  good  meeting  ;  after  Long- 
which  we  went  to  our  Friend  Phebe 
Dodge's,  who  had  crofled  the  feas  to  Eng-. 
land  in  the  fervice  of  Truth  ;  we  here  rnet 
our  Friends  Samuel  Willis  and  wife,  and 
feveral  of  their  hopeful  children,  and  it 
being  a  time  of  comfort,  1  was  glad  of  our  . 
bemg  together  in  that  nearnefs  of  fpirit, 
wherein  conlifts  the  beft  fellowihip  ;  the 
next  day  we  vifited  feveral  Friends  with 
Matthew  Franklin, on  ourway  to  his  houfe, 
feme  of  whom  were  confined  through 
wcaknefs  of  body,  and  I  hope  our  calling 
to  fee  them,  gave  them  fome  encourage- 
ment of  mind,  through  the  Lord's  tender 
mercy  extended  towards  us ;  our  next 
meetings  were  at  Flufhing  and  Newtown, 
in  which  1  hope  I  was  clear  as  to  religious 
labour  among  them  ;  after  the  lafl  meeting 
I  came  away  with  feveral  Friends  and  my 
companion,peacefulinmind,to  New- York, 
and  the  day  and  part  of  the  night  follow- 
ing got  as  far  as  Princetown  in  New-Jer- 
fey,  and  the  next  day  reached  home, 
where  I  again  found  a  kind  reception  from  nhia. 
my  beloved  Friends,  and  the  befl  of  peace 

attending 


[     170    ] 

,,<jp.      attending  my  mind  ;  the  Lord  alone  being 
worthy  of  all  the  praife  for  evermore  i 

Phiiadei-         After  my  return  home,  deep  and 

^^'^'  weighty  labour  fell  to  my  lot  in  our  meet- 

ings, as  at  many  other  times  among  Friends 
in  this  city ;  I  alfo  viiited  feveral  who 
were  weak  in  body,  and  fome  who  were 
in  deep  affliction  ;  and  in  the  eleventh" 
month  this  year,  I  attended  Frankfort, 
Fair-hill,  and  Providence  meetings,  ap- 
pointed by  our  worthy  Friend  Rach'el 
AVilfon,  which  were  very  large,  and 
owned  with  a  gofpel  vifitation  to  the  peo- 
ple ;  after  the  laft  meeting  our  f aid  dear 
Friend  went  to  Chefter,  and  the  fame  day 
embarked  on  board  a  ihip  bound  for  Lon- 
don, in  order  to  return  home  with  the 
wellwifhes  and  prayers,  I  believe  of  a  num- 
ber, for  her  prefervation  and  fafe  arrival ; 
her  faithful  labours  and  diligent  travels 
having   given  great  fatisfaction  to  many 

Chcficr       Friends  and  other  people  in    America  ; 

pennfyiva-  fi'om  Chcfterin  company  with  Jolhua  Cref- 
fon,  I  came  that  night  to  George  Miller's, 
and  the  next  day  went  to  Gofhen  Month- 
ly-Meeting, which  was  a  time  of  good 

fatisfac1:ion 


nia. 


E   171  1 

fatisfa<5tion  to  my  mind,  and  I  believe  to  17^1. 
others ;  from  hence  we  went  on  our  cheficr 
way  towards  Concord  Quarterly-Meeting, 
which  we  attended,  and  it  was  large  and 
relieving  to  my  mind,  finding  nearnefs  of 
fpirit  among  Friends ;  alfo  vifited  Birming- 
ham meeting  on  the  firft  day,  and  the  ge- 
neral (or  youth's)  meeting  at  Chefter,  and 
had  feveral  folid  opportunities  in  places  in 
the  families  of  Friends,  that  both  thofe 
meetings  and  the  family  vifits,  were  I  be- 
lieve to  edification  and  comfort ;  Friends 
being  kind  and  loving,  I  returned  home 
with  a  degree  of  peace  in  my  own  mind. 

In  the  fame  month  I  went  with  my 
Friend  Ifrael  Pemberton  to  the  firft  day 
meetmg  at  Bybury,  at  which  was  Jofeph  county. 
White,  who  in  his  public  teftimony  was  led 
to  be  remarkably  particular,  as  to  the  ftate 
of  the  meeting  that  day,  which  I  believe 
was  wifhed  by  many  that  it  might  have  its 
defired  proper  fervice ;  the  next  day  I 
came  with  my  Friend  Ifrael  to  the  Month- 
ly-Meeting at  Abington,  through  a  great 
deal  of  rain,  the  meeting  was  fmall  but 
fomething   fatisfaclory  j  on  the  feventh 

day 


[     172     ] 

r7«>  day  of  the  week  following,  I  went  into 
^e*"  the  Jerfeys,  ftopped  that  evening  at  A- 
quila  Jones's,  and  had  a  fitting  in  the  fa- 
mily, where  was  a  number  of  Haves,  in 
which  opportunity  I  found  liberty  to  ad- 
vife  and  caution  all  prefent  in  much  love 
and  good  will,  and  1  believe  it  was  kindly 
received  ;  the  next  day  I  was  at  the  meet- 
ing at  Newtown  in  Glocefter  county,  at 
which  were  many  people,  and  to  fome 
good  degree  of  fatisfa^lion  ;  having  for  a 
number  of  years  had  a  defire  at  times  for 
the  growth  of  Truth  in  that  place,  I  was 
made  to  rejoice  of  late,  that  Friends  had 
agreed  for  fometime  paft  to  hold  a  meet- 
ing there  once  a  month,  the  houfe  being 
good,  and  many  people  living  no  great 
diftance,  and  altho'  the  meeting  had  been 
dropt  for  feveral  years,  I  truft  as  it  is  again 
revived,  that  if  it  be  continued,  the  Lord 
through  his  tender  and  merciful  vifitati- 
on,  may  be  pleafed  to  place  his  name 
among  them. 


S270. 


In  the  courfe  of  my  religious  labours 
and  travels,  a  number  have  been  reached 
unto  by  conviction,  and  feveral  convinced 

of 


C    173    3 

of  the  blefled  truth,  as  I  have  ufiderftood, 
fome  of  whom  remained  ferviceable  among 
Friends,  which  I  juft  mention  as  the 
Lord's  blefling  upon  his  own  work,  who 
IS  worthy  of  all  the  praife,  glory,  and  ho- 
nour for  ever ! 1  know  1  have  endea- 
voured to  ferve  him  in  fear  and  trembling, 
and  frequently  have  been  bowed  under  a 
fenfe  of  my  great  unworthinefs ;  but  great 
hath  been  his  mercy  and  power,  extended 
towards  me  a  poor  tribulated  fufferer  in 
fpirit,  for  the  bleffcd  feed's  fake  ;  magnifi- 
ed be  his  eminent  name !  he  hath  hitherto 
been  my  rock,  fortrefs,  and  deliverer, 
and  through  his  great  kindnefs,  I  have 
a  fixed  hope  in  my  mind  of  his  falvation, 
through  Chrift  Jefus  my  dear  redeemer, 
"whofe  glorious  name  let  it  be  magnified 
and  adored  for  evermore ! 


177-. 


TWO 


C     175    ] 
TWO 

EPISTLES, 

Wrote  after  his  return  from  his 
Journey   to  North-Carolina. 

EPISTLE    L 

To   Friends    at  their     Monthly-Meeting    at 
Perquimons  in  North- Carolina. 

Philadelphia,  Tenth  Mo7ith  2d,   1761. 

Dear  Friends; 

IN  a  meafure  of  the  fame  love  that  at- 
tended my  mind  when  prefent  in  bo- 
dy among  you,  I  take  this  freedom  now 
to  falute  you  in  fpirit,  wifhing  the  health 
and  profperity  of  the  precious  truth  in 
every  particular  branch  thereof ;  we  as  a 
people  profefs  it  to  lead  us  into  all  truth, 
which  is  the  greateft  profellion  in  the 
world,  and  is  the  moll  fure  and  fafe  for 
all  the  truly  living  and  acting  members 
of  the  myflical  body  and  church  of  Chrifl, 
B  b  to 


to  be  guided  by  the  wifdom  and  nature  of 
it  in  all  things,   to  the  glory  of  God. 

And  dear  Friends,  keep  in  the  peace- 
able wifdom  and  love  of  God,  for  "  God  is 
"  love,"  and  Chrift  hath  commanded  us 
"  to  love  one  another,"  as  alfo  one  of  his 
Servant's  advifeth  to  love  as  brethren ; 
let  nothing  break  the  unity  that  is  in  the 
true  faith  and  peaceable  fpiritof  Chrift  our 
holy  head  ;  but  dear  brethren  ;  be  of  one 
mind  in  his  righteous  caufe,  in  a  particu* 
lar  manner  in  maintaining  decency  and 
good  order  in  his  church,  that  his  church 
may  be  built  and  fupported  by  living 
ftones,  and  his  vineyard  kept  clean  an^ 
thriving  with  living  branches,  fuch  that 
may  bring  forth  much  good  fruit  to  the 
praife  of  God ! — My  fpirit  according  to 
my  meafure  is  often  with  fuch  among 
you,  that  have  the  weight  of  the  Lord's 
work  on  your  ihoulders,  and  I  have  many 
times  been  comforted  in  remembring  the 
refrelhing  and  edifying  feafonsof  the  pow- 
er and  prefence  of  Chrift  that  we  have  en- 
joyed together,  in  that  ability  he  was 
pleafed  to  afford  unto  us,  when  it  was  my 

lot 


i:  ^77  ] 

lot  to  be  in  your  parts ;  and  I  thought 
myfelf  to  be  in  a  good  degree  clear  as  to 
iny  religious  duty,  only  with  relpecl  to 
the  meeting  for  bulinefs,  it  gave  me  fome 
pain  of  mind,  that  there  was  no  diflincti- 
on  made  betwen  fuch  that  were  of  our 
own  family  (Friends  in  unity)  and  thofe 
of  other  perfuailons,  by  allowing  them 
the  fame  privilege  with  Friends,  in  iit- 
ing  in  thofe  meetings,  to  fee  and  obferve 
the  remarks  on  your  own  proper  bufinefs, 
and  they  having  no  proper  right  as  mem- 
bers in  the  fociety, .  it  muil  needs  weaken 
the  teftimony,  and  the  right  labour  of 
faithful  Friends,  and  expofe  the  manage- 
ment of  fuch  meetings  to  the  vain  and 
libertine  converfation  of  the  world,  and 
fo  caufe  the  way  of  Truth  to  be  evily 
fpoken  of,  as  alfo  give  great  pain  and  ex- 
ercife  to  the  lincere-hearted. 

It  is  in  much  love  and  tendernefs,  that 
I  have  thus  exprefTed  myfelf  in  this  re- 
fpecl,  and  to  eafe  the  weight  that  has  been 
on  my  mind,  from  a  thought  of  that  un- 
ufual  cuftom,  not  allowed  among  Friends 
in  other  places  where  the  authority  of 
B  b  2  Truth 


C    178   ] 

Truth  takes  place  ;  I  wifli  it  may  be  re- 
formed among  you  fo  gs  to  have  it  other- 
wife,  which  I  believe  will  be  more  to  the 
advantage  of  the  church  among  y  ourfelves, 
and  greater  fatisfaclion  to  the  Lord's  fer- 
vants  that  may  come  to  vilit  you  in  gof- 
pel  love  ;  it  had  been  better  for  me,  I  have 
thought,  had  I  embraced  the  opportunity 
to  have  eafed  my  fpirit  when  we  were  to- 
gether, but  a  backwardnefs  prevented, 
which  I  had  rather  had  not  happened  ; 
but  if  this  is  received  in  the  fame  love  that 
it  is  intended,  I  hope  it  may  anfwer  the 
fame  gooddefign. 

I  D  o  not  in  the  leaft  defire  by  what  I 
have  mentioned,  that,  any  difrefpecl  be 
fliewn  to  thofeof  other  religious  denomi- 
nations, or  to  prevent  their  coming  to  our 
meetings  for  worftiip,  or  any  chriftian 
office  of  love  in  any  fuitable  w^ay  and  man- 
ner, fo  that  it  be  conliflent  with  our  holy 
profeffion,  but  with  refpecl  to  what  I  have 
hinted,  I  have  thought  it  an  impofition 
and  diforderly  in  fuch  to  expect  any  fuch 
privilege,  and  I  wifli  that  Elders  may 
exert  their  authority,  fuch  that  the  Holy 

Ghofl 


C     179     ] 

Ghofl  may  make  overfeers,    and  that  tliey 
may  be   preferved,  lb  as  to  look  well  to 
themfelves,    and  to  the  flock  of  Chrifl:, 
and  that  the  fame  powerful  faith  that  halh 
been    the    foundation   of  the  righteous 
in  all  ages,  may  be  their  ftrength  and  lup- 
port,  fo  as  to  rule  well,  and  to  be  wortliy 
of  double  honour,  they  labouring  and  en- 
during in  the  fpirit  of  love  and  meeknefs, 
to  do   the  Lord's  work  with  pure  hearts 
and  clean  hands,  feeking  that  honour  that 
comes  from   God    only,  that  he  may  be 
pleated  to  fulfil  his  gracious  promife,  to 
honour  thofe  that  honour  him,    that  by 
their  being  good  examples  to  the  flock, 
the  youth  and  all  that  go  under  our  name, 
may  follow  them  as  they  follow  Chrifl, 
and  my  heart  is  tenderly  affected  before 
the  Lord  on  account  of  the  riling  youth, 
who  are  coming  upon  the  If  age  of  life,  and 
are  reached  I  believe,  many  of  them,  by 
the  fame  good  fhepherd's  voice  that  vilit- 
ed  many  of  us,  by  the  powerful  call  of 
grace   and  faith  to    falvation,    that  they 
may  daily  partake  of  heavenly  bread,  and 
nourifhment  to  their  fouls,  fo  as  to  grow 
ftrong  ia  the  Lord,   and  in  the  power  of 


his 


his  might,  and  they  kept  faithful  to  Divine 
Knowledge  and  the  bleffed  yoke  of  Jefus 
Chrift,  fo  as  to  live  in  the  fear  of  God, 
and  profper  in  thofe  things  that  are  con- 
iillent  with  Truth's  teilimony,  obedience 
to  parents,  true  moderation,  plainnefs  of 
fpeech  and  apparel,  and  out  of  the  vain 
converfation  of  the  ungodly  ^  foi  the  ways 
of  the  ungodly  fhall  perifti. — And  let  all 
the  tribulated  and  faithful  followers  of 
the  Lamb,  be  encouraged  to  keep  your 
heavenly  places  in  Chrift,  for  he  hath  told 
us,  that  "  Greater  is  he  that  is  inyou,  than 
*^  they  that  are  in  the  world ^^  and  let  none 
^'  he  weary  in  welldoings  for  in  due  time  we 
''^.  JJoall  reap  if  ive  faint  not.^^ 

In  true  love  I  falute  you,  and  wifh  that 
grace,  mercy,  and  peace  may  increafe  and 
be  multiplied  among  you  ; 

Being  a  real  lover  of  Sio7i^s  Profperity^ 

DANIEL  STANTON, 


EPISTLE     II. 

To  Friends  at  their  ^arterly-Meeting    at 
New-Garden  in  North-Carolina. 

Philadelphia,  Ninth  Month  21/?,    1767. 

Dear  Friend  s  5 

IN  true  and  brotherly  love,  I  take  this 
opportunity  to  falute  you,  havingbeen 
deiirous  according  to  my  meafure,  that 
the  Lord's  glorious  work  and  truth  may 
profper  in  your  parts,  and  prevail  to  the 
glory  and  honour  of  his  moll  excellent 
name  and  praife,  that  hath  planted  a  num- 
ber of  families,  not  many  years  lince  in 
that  wildernefs,  with  a  deiign  I  truft,  that 
he  might  have  a  fruitful  field  or  garden, 
yielding  pleafant  fruits,  and  be  a  fweet  fa- 
vour to  him* 

And  dear  Friends ; 

Let  the  awful  fenfe  of  the  great  care 

and  tender  mercy,  and  good  Providence 

of  God  towards  his  flock  and  family  be 

thankfully  remembred,  fo  as  to  walk  wor- 

•thy  of  his  grace  and    goodnefs   towards 


[     i8^     3 

you  ;  and  let  the  love  of  God  in  Chrift 
prevail  in  your  hearts,  and  brotherly  love 
one  towards  another  in  the  unity  of  the 
fpirit,  which  is  the  bond  of  peace ;  that 
there  may  be  no  hurting  or  deflroying  in 
all  the  Lord's  holy  mountain  ;  but  a  care 
that  you  may  be  preferved  in  the  faith  and 
fellovi^fhip  of  the  faints  in  light,  that  you 
may  be  as  lights  and  way-marks  to  others^ 
ruling  well  in  your  places  and  ftations  in 
the  church  of  Chrift,  in  the  meeknefs  and 
patience,  humility  and  charity,  as  becomes 
the  followers  of  the  Lamb,  looking  to 
him,  the  true  guide  of  his  flock,  to  be  led 
in  and  out  that  you  may  find  pafture,  and 
the  beft  wifdom  to  direct  your  fteps  in  the 
way  of  peace,  and  eftablifli  your  goings  in 
righteoufnefs  ;  that  you  may  be  a  peculi- 
ar people  zealous  of  good  works,  having 
a  regard  to  truth's  honour,  and  true  mo- 
deration in  all  thmgr§^^  living  in  the  crofs 
of  Chrift,  more  than  to  mind  temporal 
things  or  the  profits  of  this  world,  that 
God's  righteous  feed  may  grow  and  thrive 
in  all  your  minds,  to  the  bringing  forth 
plentifully  fuch  fruits  that  beft  pleafe  him ; 
and  as  you  are  willing  to  be  one  with  the 

pure 


C     183     3 

pure  feed,   and   to  fufiTer  with  it,   I  hope 
you  will  enjoy  the  blelTedpromife  of  reign- 
ing with  the  fame  in  the  Lord's  time,  and 
that  all  hurtful  things  that  are  like  briars- 
and  thorns,  which  would  choak  or  hurt 
this  precious  feed,  or  fow  (Jifcord  among 
brethren  may  be  watched  and  guarded 
againft,  fo  as  not  to  allow  of  hardnefs  of 
heart,   prejudice,    or  illwill  one    againft 
another,  the  nature  of  which  is  contrary 
to  the  heavenly  peace  and  fweet  fellowlhip 
of    Chrift's    kingdom,     that    confifls    of 
peace  and  joy  in  the  Holy  Ghoft  ; — and 
as  I  wifh  for  the  aged  to  keep  their  ranks 
in  righteoufnefs,  fo  I  delire  for  the  youth 
and  riiing    generation,    that    they   may 
come  up  in  the  foot-fleps  of  the  flock  of 
Chrifl's  companions,  and  adhere  unto  the 
true  monitor  and  juft  witnefs  of  Truth  in 
their  own  brcafts,  living  near  to  Chrift, 
the  Way,  the  Truth,  and  the  Life,  that 
they  may  be  a  people  to   God's  praife, 
minding  his  early  and  tender  viiitations  to 
their  fouls,  and  the  good  advice  and  care 
of  their  Godly  parents  and  beft  Friends,- 
and  ilee  from   youthful  lufts  and  wanton- 
nefs,  wherein  m.any  go  in  the  way  to  de- 
C  c  ftruclion. 


[     i84    3 

ftruction,  and  occafion  great  pain  and  af- 
fliclionjfometimes  to  themfelves  and  near- 
eft  Friends  when  it  is  too  late. 

My  prayers  are  for  their  lafting  welfare 
and  for  you  all  5  and  wifli  that  brotherly 
love  may  rule  and  abound  among  you,  it 
being  "  good  and  pleafant  for  brethren 
''  to  dwell  together  in  unity,  it  is  like  the 
"  precious  ointment  upon  the  head,  that 
^^  ran  down  upon  the  beard,  even  Aaron's 
*'  beard,  that  went  down  to  the  fkirts  of 
*^  his  garments. — As  the  dew  of  Her- 
*'  mon,  and  as  the  dew  that  defcended 
"  upon  the  mountains  of  Sion,  for  there 
"  the  Lord  commanded  the  bleiling,  even 
['  life  for  evermore  !'^  P/al.  cxxxiii. 

In  the  love  unfeigned^ 
I  conclude^  and  am 
Tlur  real  Friend^ 

DANIEL  STANTON. 


Yl)cre  being  no  other  nvritten  Memorial  of  our  Friend 
Benjamin  Trot  t  e  r,  het'i.vce  i  'ivhovi  and  Daniel 
Stanton,  a  long  uiiintemipted  friendjhip  fubftjted \ 
it  is  thoughs  the  fiih joining  the  follonuing  here,  may  be 
acceptable  to  Friends  in  general. 

The  TESTIMONY  of  the 

Monthly  Meeting  of  F  R  I  E  N  D  S 
in  Philadelphia,  concerning  our  be- 
loved Friend  and  Brother,  Benjamin 
Trotter,  who  was  born  in  this  City, 
in  the  ninth  Month  of  the  Year,  1699. 

HE  was  one  whom  the  Lord  early 
vifited,  and  reached  unto  by  the 
reproofs  of  his  Divine  Light  and 
Grace, for  thofe  youthful  vanities  and  cor- 
rupt converfation,  which  by  nature  he 
was  prone  to  and  purfued,  to  the  grief  of 
his  pious  mother,  who  was  reiigioufly  con- 
cerned toreftrain  him;  but  as  he  became 
obedient  to  the  renewed  viutations  of 
the  heavenly  call,  denying  himfelf  of 
thofe  things  he  was  reproved  for,  he  not 
only  learned  to  ceafe  from  doing  evil,  but 
to  live  in  the  practice  of  doing  well  ;  and 
continuing  faithfui,  became  an  example 
of  plainncfsand  felf-dcniai,  for  which  he 
fuftered  much  fcoiiiag  and  mocking  gf 
thofe  who  had  been  his  companions  in  fol- 
ly ;  yet  he  neither  fainted  nor  was  turned 
aiide  by  the  reproaches  of  the  ungodly, 
which  thus  fell  to  his  lot,  for  his  plain  tef- 
timony  againll  their  evil  conduct. 

C  c  2  In 


C.2    3 

In  the  twenty-fixth  year  of  his  age,  he 
appeared  in  the  work  of  the  miniftry,  and 
laboured  therein  in  mlich  plainnefs  and 
Godly  iincerity,  adorning  the  doclrine  he 
preached,  by  a  humble  circumfpecl  life 
and  converfation,  being  exemplary  in  his 
diligence  and  induftry  to  labour  honeftly 
for  a  livelihood,  though  often  in  much 
bodily  infirmity  and  weaknefs,  defiring, 
as  he  fometimes  exprefled,  that  he  might 
owe  no  man  any  thing  but  love.  His  in- 
oiFenfive  opennefs  and  affability,  drawing 
many  of  different  denominations  to  con- 
verfe  with  him,  he  had  fome  feafonable  op- 
portunities of  admonifliing  and  rebuking 
the  evil  doer  and  evil  fpeaker,  which  he  did, 
in  the  plainnefs  of  an  upright  zeal  for  the 
promotion  of  piety  and  virtue,  temper- 
ed with  true  brotherly  kindnefs  and  cha- 
rity ;  refpecling  not  the  perfon  of  the 
proud  nor  of  the  rich,becaufe  of  his  riches, 
but  with  Chriftian  freedom,  deelarmgthe 
truth  to  his  neighbour,  and  was  thus 
in  private  as  well  as  public,  a  preacher  of 
righteoufnefs, 

1 N  his  public  miniftry  he  was  zealous  a- 
gainft  errors  both  in  principle  and  pra<Elice, 
and  conftantly  concerned  to  prefs  the  ne- 
iHty  of  obedience  to  the  Principle  of  Divine 
Tit.  ii.  II.  Grace;  a  manifeftation  of  which  is  given 
to  every  man;  knowing,  from  his  own  ex- 
perience, that  it  bringeth  falvation  to  all 
them  that  obey  and  follow  it's  teachings 

aud 


i:  3  ] 

and  was  frequently  enabled  with  energy 
and  power  to  bear  teftimony  to  the  out- 
ward coming  of  our  Lord  Jefus  Chrift, 
his  miraculous  birth,  his  holy  example  in 
his  life  and  precepts,  and  his  death  and 
fufFerings  at  Jerufalem,  by  which  he  hath 
obtained  eternal  redemption  for  us.  ^&'i4."  ^* 

I  N  his  public  teftimony  a  little  be- 
fore his  laft  ficknefs,  he  expreiled  his 
apprehenlions,  that  his  time*  among  us 
would  be  fhort,  and  fervently  exhorted 
to  watchfulnefs  and  care,  to  keep  our 
lamps  trimmed,  and  our  lights  burning, 
and  urged  the  neceflity  of  being  prepared 
to  meet  the  bridegroom,  as  not  knowing 
at  what  hour  he  will  come. 

H  E  travelled  feveral  times,  and  viiited 
moft  of  the  meetings  of  Friends  in  this 
province  and  New-Jerfey,  and  fome  in  the 
adjacent  provinces,  but  was  not  much 
from  home  ;  being  upwards  of  forty  years 
a  diligent  attender  of  our  religious  meet- 
ings in  this  city,  zealoufly  concerned  for 
the  maintaining  our  Chriftian  difcipHne  in 
meeknefs  and  true  charity,  careful  in 
theexercife  of  that  part  of  pure  religion, 
vifiting  the  widow  and  fatherlefs  in  their 
afflictions,  and  often  qualified  to  admi- 
nifter  relief  and  confolation  to  their  de- 
jected minds. 

Afflictions  of  divers  kinds,  and 
fome  very  deep  and  exercifing,  fell  to  his 
lot  through  the  courfe  of  his  life,  which 

he 


c  4  : 

he  was  enabled  to  bear  with  exemplary 
patience  and  reiignation,  and  particularly- 
through  his  laft  illnefs,  in  which,  for  up- 
wards of  fix  weeks,  he  underwent  great 
diiEculty  and  pain,  being  afflicled  with 
the  afthmaand  dropfy,  fo  that  he  fuffered 
much,  yet  was  never  heard  to  utter  a  mur- 
mur or  complaint,  but  freq^iently  expref- 
fed  his  thankfulnefs,  that  he  had  not  more 
pain,  and  often  engaged  in  prayer,  that 
he  might  be  preferved  in  patience  to  the 
end,  which  was  gracioufly  granted  him  ; 
fo  that  he  was  capable  of  fpeaking  to  the 
comfort  and  edification  of  thofe  who  vifit- 
ed  him  ;  and  from  the  fervent  love  of  the 
brethren,  which  evidently  appeared  thro' 
his  life,  and  moft  confpicuouHy  during 
his  laft  illnefs,  and  even  in  the  hour  of 
his  death,  we  have  a  well-grounded  af- 
furance  that  he  is  pafled  unto  life,  and 
hath  received  the  reward  of  the  Righte- 
ous. 

H  1  s  body  was  attended  by  a  great 
number  of  Friends  and  others,  his  fellow- 
citizens  of  divers  religious  denominations, 
to  our  Meeting-houfe  in  High-ftreet,  on 
the  24th  of  the  third  month,  1768,  and 
after  a  folemn  Meeting,  in  which  feveral 
living  teftimonies  were  borne,  was  inter- 
red in  our  burial  ground  in  this  city. 

Sig7ied  on  Behalf,  and  by  Appointment  of  our  Month- 
ly Meeting,  held  in  Philadelphia,  by  Adjourn??ien{, 
the  ^th  Day  of  the  Eighth  Mo7ith,   1769. 

JAMES  PEMBERTON,  Clk. 


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ERRATA. 

In  the  teftimony, 
Fage  xiii  line  15,  for  as  read  was, 
XV  line  8,  for  leaji  read  le/?. 
In  the  Journal, 
Page  19  line  24,  for  gifs  read  gifts. 
56  line  26,   for  thier  read  their, 
96  line  19  for  anothe  read  another, 
loi   line  6,  io^:  all  usxt2A  allof  us> 
jo61ine  24  and  25,  dele  the  were. 


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